Soon, the children of Mahul, Chembur, will have a vast playground in their locality. The BMC has cleared the encroachments on a plot measuring around 5,000 square meter at Jijamata Nagar, officials said on Friday. “A small portion of the plot — 1,600 square meter — is reserved for a waste segregation centre and the major plot is reserved for the playground,” said a BMC official of M West ward.

First we will secure, then make sure that encroachers don’t come again. Thereafter, we will develop a segregation centre. We will start work on the playground once we receive the budget for it. We are hoping to get the allocation soon,” the official added.