If passing on Linking Road in Santacruz, the aeroplane model at Lion's Juhu Municipal Children's park is sure to catch your eye. Anyone curious enough to walk into the structure, however, will be greeted first with a foul smell, followed by the eyesore that is broken seats and filthy walls, which discourages most parents from letting their children in. Complaints from residents prompted the civic body to conduct a site inspection, after which officials slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on the contractor for poor maintenance.

Angry parents
Be it children or young adults, no one can bear to sit inside for more than a few minutes. Buraque Ashfaq Hussain, 24, brings her two-year-old daughter Aliza and four-year-old son Zaydan to the garden every Thursday and Sunday, keeping a hawk's eye on them when they venture near the aeroplane.