India, Jan. 20 -- The municipal administration will submit a revised building plan for a civic school in Mankhurd after the present one, for a multi-storey building, was shot down by the defence establishment.

This means further delays in the civic administrations' effort to rebuild a school it demolished five years ago, after the building was deemed dilapidated and unsafe for use.

This is the second instance after Colaba, where the construction of a BMC school has been delayed due to objections to multi-storey buildings near defence establishments. In Mankhurd, the proposed school site lies directly opposite a defence installation.

The school building in the old Mankhurd village was demolished in 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic afte...