Mumbai: All parks and grounds of BMC to remain open for more hours

In a publicoriented decision the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC has decided to extend the operational timings of public parks and grounds the BMC said in a statement on Thursday The civic body said that the decision will benefit more citizensThe BMC in the official statement said that the municipal administration has taken a publicoriented decision to extend the opening hours of all the parks grounds and recreation grounds in MumbaiNow every Monday to Friday from 5 am to 1 pm and 3 pm to 10 pm total 15 hours parks and grounds will be open to citizens At the end of the week ie on Saturdays and Sundays as well as on public holidays citizens will be able to take advantage of the parks and grounds from 5 am to 10 pm total of 17 consecutive hours BMC saidThe BMC further said To ensure proper use of playgrounds and recreation grounds and to make use of the said parks grounds recreation grounds by more and more citizens the hours of parks and grounds have been increased At present the parks and grounds of the BMC remain open for citizens from 6 am to 12 pm and 3 pm to 9 pm However considering the number of young and old people coming to parks and grounds especially after the period of Covid pandemic considering the increased number of health conscious citizens the parks and grounds should be open for use by citizens for the maximum time of the dayThere are a total of 229 parks 432 recreation grounds 318 playgrounds 26 parks in the Brihanmumbai metropolis By extending the timings of all these places all Mumbaikars will benefit greatly said Parks Superintendent Jitendra Pardeshi the BMC saidAlso Read Mumbai Newly commissioned AC BEST bus to operate between CSMT and Free PressPursuant to the extension of time the Municipal Corporation has issued a revised Circular dated February 28 regarding this decision Accordingly1 All parks grounds and recreation grounds of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will be open from Monday to Friday from 5 am to 1 pm and from 3 pm to 10 pm2 Similarly open on Saturdays Sundays and public holidays from 5 am to 10 pm3 If there is any change in the opening hours of a particular parkgroundrecreational ground the concerned Assistant Commissioner may make the change with the approval of the concerned Additional Municipal Commissioner for justifiable reasons4 From the date of circulation of the said circular all circulars issued earlier regarding park timings shall be deemed cancelled5 Boards showing changes in opening hours of parksgroundsrecreational grounds to the public shall be placed on the facades of the parksgroundsrecreational grounds6 For the information of citizens the said changed timings will be available on the website of this Municipal CorporationThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever