After the Bombay High Court expressed displeasure about dangerous open manholes, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) decided to install protective nets in all one lakh manholes in the city. The BMC had already installed nets in manholes in low lying areas, but now it has come up with protective nets made of new material - stainless steel.

There are over one lakh manholes for storm water, sewage and other services in Mumbai. The Bombay High Court directed the BMC to install protective nets in the manholes in 2018 and recently expressed strong displeasure that the civic body hasn’t come up with a plan for this.