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Mumbai: BMC pool opened on April 1 in Malad is drunken dip party venue
Updated On: 24 April, 2023 07:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
Residents say they are helpless after complaints fall on deaf ears against locals from neighbourhood shanties crawling through drainage line or jumping wall and threatening lone guard before laying out the bar
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(Left) Young men (circled) from the neighbourhood using the BMC swimming pool in Malad; (above) youngsters jump over a wall to leave the venue after a pool party
Open in the day for members and at night for youngsters from the nearby slum, evidently illegally, the BMC’s newly inaugurated swimming pool is the latest hotspot for raucous late-night parties in Malad. Unafraid of the only guard on duty, 30-40 youths climb over walls or enter through the drain and spend hours partying daily, allege local residents. “They have drinks at the pool and make noise, ruining our sleep,” one of them said.
Residents allege that despite multiple complaints, the BMC has not taken concrete action. The pool, which opened to the public on April 1, did not have security at night. The BMC appointed one guard for night duty barely 4-5 days back. The pool at Chacha Nehru Garden in Malad West does not have CCTV surveillance, the residents told mid-day.
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