Among the earliest wards to be formed in suburban Mumbai, the L ward came under the jurisdiction of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in the 1950s, along with M, N, H, and K. It then comprised the northernmost tip of the limits of BMC’s jurisdiction.

Today, it is the southernmost ward of the eastern suburbs, and marks the entry into the suburbs from the island city. It comprises slums that span 70 per cent of its surface area, large industrial areas, and residential high-rise buildings.