Parents of the students studying in Chandivli's Pawar Public School have been requesting the BMC since 2017 to repair the road that caved in on Tuesday, as a similar incident had taken place that year as well.

However, according to them, the civic body never paid heed to their requests. Private vehicles that drop off children at the school used to take the road, but now they would have to do a detour via the Jama Masjid road for the same. Parents are of the opinion that if the civic body had acted on their complaints on time, then this incident could have been avoided.