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Did skywalk project start off on the wrong foot?
Updated On: 14 November, 2012 09:35 AM IST | | Ranjeet Jadhav
Experts feel the reason why these facilities attract beggars and drug addicts more than pedestrians is because of the lack of planning ahead of implementation of the project; many MMRDA officials, however, believe all is well
After carrying an article on Monday (‘How your Rs 700 crore is going down the drain’) about how most skywalks in the city that were thrown open for public use are either ill maintained or have been virtually usurped by druggies and beggars, MiD DAY tried to speak with Ratnakar Gaikwad, under whose stint as MMRDA commissioner most of these structures came up.

In the dark: The Bandra skywalk is without any lighting at night. Pic/Shadab Khan
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