In a familiar and disappointing pattern, BMC negligence has caused a 13-year-old boy so much pain. The teenager was recently injured because of a rusty ride in Mankhurd’s Pandit Deendayal Upadhaya garden.

Residents of Cheetah Camp in Mankhurd say that they had brought to the notice of authorities several times that old, rusty equipment was lying in the garden. They claim no action was taken on their complaints. Recently, a dilapidated rusty ladder fell on the boy, and resulted in a thigh high plaster on his leg.