Overview

• Suburban guardian minister Ashish Shelar said he directed MMRDA on Tuesday to cancel the Bollywood-themed beautification planned beneath the Metro 2B corridor.
• Officials described the order as verbal with meeting minutes awaited for formal record, and MMRDA commissioner Sanjay Mukherjee did not provide a comment.
• Four to five metallic pilot installations already erected along SV Road will remain despite the wider plan being scrapped.
• Residents from Bandra, Khar, Santacruz and Juhu West led petitions and protests since December 2024, and former corporator Asif Zakaria alleged procedural lapses including no tenders and no maintenance plan.
• A limited opening of Metro 2B has been rescheduled to October 31, with only the Mandale–Diamond Garden stretch set to start operations for now.