Open spaces to remain open from 6 am to 10 pm in Mumbai

MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday issued a new circular allowing public open spaces like parks, gardens, beaches and promenades to remain open from 6 am to 10 pm. From now on all public open spaces will remain open from 6 am to 10 pm.
Earlier, in its order last week the BMC had allowed all indoor and outdoor sports activities except for swimming pools and all other sports related activities where close physical contact is required. However public open spaces like gardens were allowed to remain open only between 5 am to 9 am.
Corporators had slammed the BMC stating that there was no logic in allowing outdoor sports activities on all days of the week but keeping gardens and playgrounds open only between 5 am to 9 am.
Congress Corporator from Bandra (West) said, “This is a good decision. I did not see any logic in keeping the gardens and open spaces shut in the evening hours. If outdoor sports activities were allowed, why can’t citizens go to public open spaces and gardens? It looks like the BMC was only thinking about this with club memberships and not about the common man. This was unfair. We welcome the decision to keep all public open spaces open in the morning and evening.”