The diving boards at recently opened civic-run swimming pools at Dahisar and Malad have been wrongly fitted at the deck, potentially leading members to vastly overestimate the water’s depth. But adamant BMC babus, who inspected the facilities before they were opened on April 1, claimed there is no fault at all. Insiders at the facilities said that they had raised a red flag after they noticed wrongly fitted diving boards. “But Deputy Municipal Commissioner Kishor Gandhi doesn’t give two hoots about our suggestions,” one told mid-day.

The diving boards have been fitted at sections where the depth of water is three feet at the Dahisar and Malad swimming pools. A swimmer who plunges into the pool from the diving board can face head injuries, leading to death and later, these babus will paint it as an accidental death. We had raised this issue when these facilities were inspected but the civic officials were in a hurry to inaugurate them to mint money,” said a source.