India, Feb. 12 -- After residents of Marine Drive and Mount Mary opposed the BMC's plans to make cement-concrete (CC) roads in their areas, residents of Colaba too have joined in, urging the BMC to focus on upgrading roads in poor condition rather than digging up well-maintained ones.

"Building a concrete road is usually more expensive," said Cynthia D'Mello from My Dream Colaba. "The existing roads should not be replaced with cement-concrete ones if they are in good condition. The funds can be used for various other BMC projects which are overdue."

Former BJP corporator Makarand Narwekar too wrote to civic chief and administrator Bhushan Gagrani on Monday, pointing out that Colaba residents were opposing CC works on four roads that wer...