India, Aug. 1 -- With the Coastal Road promenade ready - a date is yet to be set for its inauguration - residents along the coastal edge of South Mumbai anticipate a wave of traffic and parking issues in their neighbourhoods. To discuss ways to minimise these challenges, they met joint commissioner of police (traffic), Anil Kumbhare, on Thursday. Attending the meeting were the Breach Candy Residents' Forum (BCRF), Nepean Sea Road Citizens Forum (NRCF) and residents of Worli.

"As soon as the Coastal Road promenade is thrown open to the public, and in future when the green spaces on the reclaimed land are ready, cars will flood our neighbourhood," said Nigum Lakhani, BCRF member. "There's already an acute lack of parking space."

The resid...