Residents of complexes near Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg in Ghatkopar have objected to a proposed change in the reservation of a plot popularly known as LBS Joggers Park to expand an adjacent Muslim cemetery. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) planted 10,500 trees on the plot using the Miyawaki technique in 2020. The 8,593-sq-m plot is flanked by the burial ground on one side and several residential structures on the other.

The development plan department of the BMC published a notice in the last week of December seeking suggestions and objections to its proposal to delete the existing amenity of recreation ground on the plot, which bears the CTS no. 50 B in Vikhroli. “We haven’t received any internal communication yet as the proposal is in the primary stage,” said an official from the garden department.