[2][3][4] The BIT was modeled on contemporary English and Scottish town-planning institutions and "possessed the authority not only to build housing, but also to demolish slums and widen roads, and improve sanitation, particularly in the “problematic” working-class neighborhoods.
"[3] British colonial officials constructed the BIT's board to "guarantee the basic framework of property rights.
A new east-west road, the Princess Street, was constructed to channel the sea air into the centre of the crowded residential areas.
The Dadar-Matunga-Wadala-Sion suburban development was started in 1899 with the express purpose of relieving congestion to the south.
Well-laid out plots, with mixed land-use patterns marked these sections.