In a very significant development, malls will be allowed to give their facilities for parking to private car owners at night. This is set to begin from December 1 and is extremely significant given the parking crunch in Mumbai. A plan by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the new Mumbai Parking Authority (MPA) aims to offer at least 6,500 new car spots across malls. Malls are going to fix the prices and some will be charging per day, while others may charge monthly. This, experts say, is beneficial for those with a parking space crunch, with homes in the vicinity of the malls.

It will free up the roads, too, which is vital. We cannot have large swathes of roads taken over by vehicles, which puts pedestrians in danger, given the state of our footpaths in some patches.