Deadline passes, but BMC still accepting open spaces suggestions

Updated On: 22 August, 2019 07:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Chetna Sadadekar

The Mumbai civic body has made public a list of the most common suggestions it received on social media to encourage transparency and participation of citizens.

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In July 2018, mid-day organised a roundtable conference, where citizens and BMC officials came face to face to discuss ways of managing the city's open spaces. File pic

Two days past the deadline for submitting suggestions for the city's open spaces, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) continues to receive citizens' responses. It has received a total of 350 suggestions up to the August 18 deadline over drafting the policy for citizen-friendly open spaces. The civic body has made public a list of the most common suggestions it received on social media to encourage transparency and participation of citizens.

Civic officials have done a preliminary assessment of the suggestions before putting them out. Suggestions that unanimously endorse measures such as use of Miyawaki plantations, preference to indigenous plants, easy public access to gardens through public transport, and focus on safety etc have been considered.