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Clear citizen welfare projects on a war footing

A roof covering a skywalk stretch is not an extra amenity. It is part of the facility as a whole; this is not a bits-and-pieces kind of puzzle.

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It has been a waiting game for Santacruz residents, and the clock is ticking. Months after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) floated a tender to install a roof over the eastern stretch of the Santacruz skywalk, residents are still waiting to see work begin. Our report says the civic body says the design is ready, but the project is awaiting approvals.

No cover means pedestrians who are suffering from a heatwave, and those who did not want to get wet, from a delayed monsoon, used  traffic-dense roads instead of the safer skywalk.

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