The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has seized more than 3,000 abandoned vehicles (including two-wheelers — also bicycles — and four wheelers) from roads across the city and suburbs, but is facing issues storing them, despite having acquired land for the purpose. The reason - the land - which is on a hill, has no approach road.

The land for the proposed junkyard measures 10,000 sq meters and is at Mahul. The BMC acquired it about 2-3months back. “The BMC acquired this plot from a builder. But when a Removal and Encroachment Department team visited it soon after, they found it does not have an access road,” said a BMC officer. The plot was taken over by another BMC department and handed over to the Removal and Encroachment Department.