India, Jan. 22 -- The aroma of freshly baked Parle-G biscuits stopped drifting through Vile Parle in mid-2016. Now, the landmark Parle Products factory itself is headed for the history books.

Parle Products plans to redevelop its oldest manufacturing premises in Vile Parle East, once the birthplace of India's most recognisable biscuit, into a commercial complex.

The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), on January 7 granted partial environmental clearance to the project, permitting the demolition of 21 ageing structures on the site. A copy of the clearance is with Hindustan Times.

The company first moved redevelopment proposals with the Municipal Co...