Hill Road — one of tony Bandra's busiest and most congested roads, a nightmare for motorists — is breathing easy for the first time in 79 years. Reason: the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has just cleared a huge bottleneck near Rizvi Chambers, by demolishing four commercial structures that were occupying nearly :,555 square feet area.

The 2.5-km stretch starting from Lucky Hotel on SV Road to BJ Road towards Bandstand is always choc-a-bloc, with people flocking there for street shopping or to eat out at one of the many restaurants lining both sides of the road. This inevitably leads to bumper-to-bumper traffic.