[1][2][3] P D'Mello Road is the name of the 6 km stretch between the south-end of the Eastern Freeway and the north-end of the Colaba Causeway.
[5] The road has been named in honour of the socialist trade union leader Placid D’Mello.
D'Mello, who hailed from the Belman Parish in the erstwhile South Canara District, was a trade union leader who organised workers in Bombay, India.
[7] On 23 January 2006, The Times of India reported that the State Government had decided to concretise, widen and remove slums from P D'Mello Road, as part of ongoing road improvements in Mumbai.
[1] The road was widened and the footpath was made narrower in an effort to keep the shanties from being rebuilt.