Mumbai’s seafront

AS a reader of Frontline for the past decade or so, I am pleased to note the gradual expansion of the culture section of late, especially in terms of reviewing works of fiction.

However, what stood out for me was the article in the new section “White Space”, wherein the writer presented a unique perspective on the problems that the Coastal Road poses to the city’s seafront (“Lovers at sea”, September 23). The point of urban planning should be to build better public transport corridors—instead of swanky eight-lane expressways for private vehicles—and from the looks of it the new road could end up depriving people of one of its few non-discriminatory open spaces. ANIRUDDH DESHPANDE

MUMBAI