Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Mumbai’s Neville D’Souza Field Faces Conversion to Convention Centre
Children from Govandi United Football Club use a football ground in Bandra.
They see the Neville D’Souza Football Turf as an important place to play.
In early August, they held signs and chanted to protect it.
Their message was that football players need grounds to begin learning the sport.
The protest was an attempt to stop the ground from being changed.
On 18 August, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation approved a proposal for the site.
The proposal would turn the playground into a convention centre.
The article says the children’s efforts did not stop the decision.
Govandi United Football Club children protested to save the Neville D’Souza Football Turf in Bandra.
The children held signs reading, “Every goal begins on a ground like this”.
Their protest took place on a Sunday evening in early August.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation general body approved the conversion proposal on 18 August.
The proposal would change the space from a playground into a convention centre.
- Who
- Children from Govandi United Football Club and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
- What
- A proposal was approved to convert the Neville D’Souza Football Turf from a playground into a convention centre.
- When
- The protest took place on a Sunday evening in early August; approval came on 18 August.
- Where
- The Neville D’Souza Football Turf in Bandra, Mumbai.
- Why
- The children protested to try to preserve their football ground; the article does not state why the conversion was proposed.
Ground supporters
Municipal proposal
Future of the site
Ground supporters
Children from Govandi United Football Club sought to preserve the football turf as a place where young players could play and develop.
Municipal proposal
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation general body approved a proposal to convert the playground into a convention centre.
- Location
- Bandra, Mumbai
- Facility
- Neville D’Souza Football Turf
- Current use
- Playground
- Proposed use
- Convention centre
- Protesting group
- Govandi United Football Club
- Decision-making body
- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation general body
- Approval date
- 18 August