Ahead of the civic body elections scheduled early next year, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has brought one of its popular beautification plans of gardens under flyovers back into focus, at Chinchpokli — a political hotspot and home to Mumbai’s old mills. The space under the Lalbaug flyover, running a span of approximately 2.5 km through Mumbai’s erstwhile mill district, is among the longest in Mumbai. It will be revived with new plantations as part of its landscaping. 

The garden under the flyover was first set up in 2017, as part of the city-wide plan to revive underutilised spaces beneath flyovers. Lalbaug flyover’s then makeover was among the first in the city, and paved the way for a blueprint for the development of spaces under flyovers. The BMC had planned the beautification of the flyover after inauguration of the recreation space under the King`s Circle flyover in June 2016.