Thanks to Savita Thakur, for carrying forth the Vikram initiative of The Arundhati Foundation to Mumbai and making it safer for school kids to use the footpath. Here is a brief note from her.
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This is near Vidyanidhi School, Juhu Scheme, Mumbai.
This footpath is between two schools and there are play grounds on either side so plenty of kids use these roads. Everyone walks on the road and not the sidewalk due to the open drains. These lids are stolen in the middle of the night for the iron rods within the lids. BMC surely needs to come up with some solution – lids that are not easy to take away.
There were seven open drains along a single sidewalk.
After months of follow-up with the Municipal Councillor, these have now been covered, but with over-sized lids. The BMC has promised that they will replace these within two weeks, with new ones ( which can not be easily stolen) . Will follow-up this up with them.
regards,
Savita Thakur
on behalf of The Arundhati Foundation
The picture speaks for itself!