India, Sept. 20 -- Having faced much opposition to its plan to demolish the seven-year-old Veer Savarkar flyover extension, locally known as the MTNL flyover, which was getting in the way of the connector between the Coastal Road's north stretch and the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR), the BMC has gone back to the drawing board and is exploring alternatives.

It was earlier considering bringing down the flyover extension and later building it back as a double-decker, with the Coastal Road-GMLR connector on the top deck.

"The MTNL flyover is an extremely crucial connector in the heart of the western suburbs," said Deepak Thakur, who was the area's corporator when the extension was inaugurated at a cost of Rs.27 crore in 2018. "It is a we...