Improvement of pavements and the aesthetics of the city, a plan that the Shiv Sena is trying to cash in on, doesn’t seem to have impressed citizen activists in the western suburbs. They have slammed the BMC’s move to instal glass fibre railings and bollards across footpaths on arterial roads, calling it a waste of public money.

Work on installation of reinforced composite railings and bollards has started from Juhu Tara Road. The civic body will spend about Rs 50 crore over 36 months on the project.