India, Feb. 11 -- The BMC's demolition of a ramp to the Evershine Nagar bridge over the Marve creek has got thousands of bikers and pedestrians of Malvani-for whom the bridge was a shortcut-up in arms. The residents of Evershine Nagar had demanded that two-wheelers be stopped from using the pedestrian bridge; however, the BMC's complying with their request has led to a counter-action from the other side, with a PIL in the Bombay high court and an indefinite hunger strike.

The BMC broke the ramp in the intervening night of January 31-February 1. The approximately 12-feet-wide bridge meant for pedestrians had been used for over a decade by two-wheelers to get to Malvani, as the alternative Malad Marve road is perennially jammed. But with t...