Lights for the sole and soul

Updated On: 24 February, 2023 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar

Civic body puts spring into city’s step with illuminated patches on footpaths; designs dazzle and dance near feet

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People walk in the projected lights at Prabhadevi on Thursday. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

Putting a spark into your darkest times, not from above but at ground level, the BMC has installed special lights on BEST electricity poles. The lights project designs on the footpath. The result is that when it starts getting dark, there are illuminated designs on the ground. These lights seem to dance in sometimes kitschy but compelling and gleeful abandon around peoples’ feet. The beautification of Mumbai project has taken off in G-South Ward and some parts of G-North. The lights are installed at Shivaji Park, Prabhadevi, Parel and on the wide footpath near Mahalaxmi racecourse.

‘Citizens love them’

Some of these lights on the ground are seen shining as late evening walkers and joggers take a round at Shivaji Park, running circles around running feet, the colours competing with the neon running shoes on some feet. Several citizens are bemused with the new light show, “We have seen happiness, and delight on faces,” said a senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official from G-South. The first projector light was installed on December 31, 2022. Then 10 more were installed on the occasion of New Year.

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