While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has not yet reached a decision over the closing of gardens across the city, some ward officers have decided to close a few parks in their jurisdictions. Maheshwari Udyan in Matunga, Sion Fort, and Chintamani Garden in Borivli are some parks that will remain shut for a few days.

Gardens across the city are visited by around a million people every day, mostly senior citizens and children. But closing all of them down would take away the city's green lungs from its people, BMC officials fear.