“I still remember coming here with my wife and grandchildren. The kids would run on the lawn, while my wife and I would chat on the park benches,” said Bhagwan Singh, 69, as he cautiously entered Eknath Koparde garden after a gap of several years. Like so many others, Singh had stopped going there after poor maintenance turned the park into a deathtrap.

Now, the weeds and anti-social elements have been cleared out