Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra government what was the point of having skyscrapers when there was no place for burial grounds in the city, lamenting the lack of space for burying the dead in the metropolis.

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Madhav Jamdar made the observation while hearing a petition filed by a resident, Mohammed Furqan Qureshi, seeking a separate burial ground in the metropolis for Sunnis.

Maharashtra’s advocate general Ashutosh Kumbhakoni said the chief minister has taken a decision to allot 3,000 metres each for setting up funeral facilities for Hindus, Muslims and Christians in suburban Bandra.