In an interesting reply to an RTI query, it has been found that while complaints of illegal construction increased in Kurla, Govandi, Byculla and Bhandup during the lockdown, in the rest of the city they reduced to half.

RTI activist Shakil Sheikh's query to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) found that the average complaints of illegal construction increased in Kurla from 120 to 180 and in Govandi from 72 to 106 per month in the lockdown. Out of a total of 9,558 complaints lodged between March 25, 2020 and February 20, 2021, one third were from Kurla and Govandi. While 2,002 complaints were from L ward consisting of Kurla, 1,174 were from M east consisting of Govandi and Mankhurd. The least complaints - 24 - were received from A ward while 90 were received from F north (Sion, Wadala). In Bhandup, average complaints rose from 40 to 50 and in Byculla, from 27 to 40 per month.