India, May 9 -- Residents of Mamlatdarwadi in Malad West are in the process of moving the Bombay high court (HC) in a desperate bid to save their compounds from being engulfed by road widening work being undertaken by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Out of 16 buildings along road number six in Mamlatdarwadi, residents of four buildings filed petitions in the HC in first week of May, accusing the BMC of widening the road in violation of due processes. The remaining buildings are in the process of filing similar petitions.

Road number six is currently 4.5 metres wide. The BMC is widening it to nine metres, which threatens several buildings along the road, said residents.

"Some of the buildings were originally 'wadas' (tradi...