Over 50 prominent citizens including architects, urban planners, academics, activists and a former Mumbai municipal commissioner have written an open letter to the chief minister and cabinet minister for environment, seeking their intervention on behalf of the fishermen’s community over the interchange between the coastal road and the Bandra Worli sea link.

The fisherfolk have blockaded construction of an interchange between the coastal road and the Bandra-Worli Sea Link since October 30, 2021 claiming that it would cut them off from their traditional fishing grounds and force closure of Cleveland Bunder. The primary demand is a span of 200 metre under the proposed interchange, as opposed to the BMC’s proposed span of 60 metre, which the fisherfolk say is not enough to ensure safe passage for their boats.