Breach Candy Hosp, Club to Get 6k Sq m Reclaimed Land

Now that the BMC has reclaimed the land for the Coastal Road, the Breach Candy hospital has staked its claim over it

- Sabah Virani

MUMBAI: Mumbai's new Coastal Road has delivered an unexpected parcel of land to Breach Candy Hospital and the adjacent Breach Candy Club.

The land, measuring around 6,000 square metres, was recently reclaimed from the sea as part of the Coastal Road megaproject. But there's a catch. The newly reclaimed land has been built upon submerged land leased to the hospital and club before it went under water.

Records with the Collector's office reveal that the land is owned by the Mumbai City District Collector. They also reveal an agreement going back decades, which shows that 2,900 sq m had been leased to the Breach Candy Hospital. The remaining 3,000 sq m (approx) was with the Breach Candy Club.