India, Nov. 20 -- They say the dosas at the Mithibai khau galli, especially the 'Jinni Dosa', are to die for. These dosas and other signature delicacies are staple fare for students from the college complex, local residents and hungry passersby drawn in by the irresistible aromas wafting from street food stalls along Gulmohar Road in Vile Parle west. Not for much longer, though.

All 12 stalls, most of them here for decades, will soon be a casualty of a metro station to be built here for the new Metro Line 2B, linking D N Nagar in Andheri west with Mandale in Mankhurd.

The vendors, served eviction notices by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on November 14, have been told to dismantle their stalls within seven days or face dem...