India, Dec. 25 -- The civic administration is revising its plan to build a new school in Colaba, after it was refused permission to construct a multi-storey structure near defence installations. The high-rise was to replace two buildings that comprised the civic-run Mumbai Public School, one of which is dilapidated.

Both buildings were vacated in July, and 2,800 students, across seven mediums of instruction, were relocated. Many were shifted to civic-run schools in Navy Nagar and further afield in areas such as Bora Bazaar, while 1,378 students are attending classes in a large hall in the Colaba Market building. Students and teachers say studying under these conditions is untenable.

After the old buildings were evacuated, the BMC's educ...