mumbai the bmc on friday demolished portions of over a dozen commercial structures outside malad railway station as a part of its decongestion plans the civic body is planning to widen the road outside the station from existing 9 metres to 134 metres demolition also included parts of the popular and decadesold shop mm mithaiwala delhi sweets and jalpan snacks located outside the railway station assistant municipal commissioner of p north ward kiran dighavkar said that legal structures that have been affected will be compensated around 199 structures are being affected in the road widening works and we will continue with the phase wise demolition action he said adding that a survey conducted by them of the area showed that the station locality has a daily footfall of over 1 lakh people malad station area is major hub for shoppers with stores of artificial jewellery fish market and other specialty market operating daily residents and activists have been pressing for upgradation of roads in malad for the past some time