The fire engine stationed inside Priyadarshini Park. PIC/SURESH KARKERA

Just so you know, we aren't here by choice, and are just as upset about the move as you are - this is what the firemen deployed along with a fire engine inside the plush Priyadarshini Park in South Mumbai would like to tell the residents. Unhappy with the civic administration's move, the officials have complained of being ill-treated by those who use the park for jogging and walking, adding that they have been forcibly asked to stay put in the garden.

On Thursday, mid-day had reported how residents were fuming over fire department's entry into the garden by stationing a tender in the middle of a walking track, and even hacking a few tree branches and constructing a temporary shed for it.