India, Aug. 22 -- Mumbai First, a city-based think tank, has written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis opposing the Mumbai Port Authority's (MbPA's) decision to lease 28 plots for industrial and commercial purposes, urging him to intervene and facilitate the implementation of the earlier plan to develop an eastern waterfront for the city.

The letter, dated August 18, quotes Hindustan Times's August 16 report titled 'Unbuilt Vision: Why Mumbai's Eastern Waterfront dream was so remarkable'. The report was about the MbPA's 2018 plan to transform 966.3 hectares of land it owns on Mumbai's eastern shoreline into a promenade, open spaces, gardens, and other amenities for the city. With the port authority now deciding to lease out 28 plots ac...