Love Your Parks Mumbai

🚫 Are your neighbourhood parks shutting at random times? Poorly maintained gardens, strange rules, locked gates? It’s happening across Mumbai. 📢 Your voice can unlock Mumbai’s gardens. Sign & share now! 👉 change.org/p/keep-mumbai-… @LYPMumbai @BombayGreenway @mybmc

Arbitrary timings and outdated rules keeping people out of most open spaces in Mumbai. @lypmumbai & @BombayGreenway launching a petition for updated rules & DAILY access to open spaces 5 am-11 pm, in line with 2019 BMC directive. Sign the petition here: change.org/p/keep-mumbai-…

A BMC circular (March 6, 2023) mandates that public gardens remain open 5 am–1 pm and 3 pm–10 pm on weekdays, and 5 am–10 pm continuously on weekends and holidays. Yet, reality differs. During a Saturday visit, I found Bandra Fort Garden locked at 3.30 pm, reopening only at 4 pm. Such gaps have led to citizen pushback as well, with the Love Your Parks (LYP) initiative launching a petition for uniform access from 5 am to 11 pm. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/bm…

@PatroRajesh68 @richapintoi Please sign and share the petition to keep open spaces OPEN 5am-11pm EVERY DAY, as per 2019 and 2021 BMC directives. Maintenance points included. 3 min read. change.org/p/keep-mumbai-…

@richapintoi damn, bandra has gardens! besides vehicular fumes and stench from the mithi drain, what else........

@xyz_chat @richapintoi Please sign and share the petition to keep open spaces OPEN 5am-11pm EVERY DAY, as per 2019 and 2021 BMC directives. Maintenance points included. 3 min read. change.org/p/keep-mumbai-…

@richapintoi Everything that BMC does is a scam or FOOLING

@karunspeak @richapintoi Please sign and share the petition to keep open spaces OPEN 5am-11pm EVERY DAY, as per 2019 and 2021 BMC directives. Maintenance points included. 3 min read. change.org/p/keep-mumbai-…

@richapintoi BMC = Bombay’s Most Corrupt

@s33VeiyDeiy @richapintoi Please sign and share the petition to keep open spaces OPEN 5am-11pm EVERY DAY, as per 2019 and 2021 BMC directives. Maintenance points included. 3 min read. change.org/p/keep-mumbai-…

@richapintoi Parks should be open 24/7

@ashishmalik1 @richapintoi Please sign and share the petition to keep open spaces OPEN 5am-11pm EVERY DAY, as per 2019 and 2021 BMC directives. Maintenance points included. 3 min read. change.org/p/keep-mumbai-…

@richapintoi Very true. Bandra Fort garden gates are also locked down very early at just 530pm & people are turned away!

@OftenMyself @richapintoi Please sign and share the petition to keep open spaces OPEN 5am-11pm EVERY DAY, as per 2019 and 2021 BMC directives. Maintenance points included. 3 min read. change.org/p/keep-mumbai-…

@richapintoi Consider this. In KSA, the parks remain open till 12AM or 2AM based on their popularity.

@dal14172 @richapintoi Please sign and share the petition to keep open spaces OPEN 5am-11pm EVERY DAY, as per 2019 and 2021 BMC directives. Maintenance points included. 3 min read. change.org/p/keep-mumbai-…

@richapintoi BMC park in Jankalyan Nagar closes at 1900, as there is no lighting. There are provisions but work is incomplete for years.

@pratt_srt @richapintoi Please sign and share the petition to keep open spaces OPEN 5am-11pm EVERY DAY, as per 2019 and 2021 BMC directives. Maintenance points included. 3 min read. change.org/p/keep-mumbai-…

@richapintoi Same with Nappoo garden in matunga closed for 2 hrs even on Sat and Sun says building wale bolte hai and other gardens nearby. They have numbers mentioned for complaints but they dont respond.

@selurus @richapintoi Please sign and share the petition to keep open spaces OPEN 5am-11pm EVERY DAY, as per 2019 and 2021 BMC directives. Maintenance points included. 3 min read. change.org/p/keep-mumbai-…

@richapintoi Most gardens have their own arbitrary timings. The guards there point to the notices with those timings that haven't been updated in centuries.

@MissAamba @richapintoi Please sign and share the petition to keep open spaces OPEN 5am-11pm EVERY DAY, as per 2019 and 2021 BMC directives. Maintenance points included. 3 min read. change.org/p/keep-mumbai-…

@richapintoi What about parks like Ambedkar udyan in Chembur which have manicured lawns , security but have kept people out for decades? Any policy on these?

@rdkriplani @richapintoi Please sign and share the petition to keep open spaces OPEN 5am-11pm EVERY DAY, as per 2019 and 2021 BMC directives. Maintenance points included. 3 min read. change.org/p/keep-mumbai-…

@richapintoi Most gardens managed by private entities don’t allow people to even sit on the grass. Additionally kids are not allowed to play sport there. Claiming it’s just meant for walking and ‘upar se order hai’

@Ashok_19 @richapintoi Please sign and share the petition to keep open spaces OPEN 5am-11pm EVERY DAY, as per 2019 and 2021 BMC directives. Maintenance points included. 3 min read. change.org/p/keep-mumbai-…

@richapintoi I wonder why we don’t keep all parks open day long and only shut at nighttime. After all in Mumbai we such few green spaces. Parks not following the BMC dictat is really awful.

@dal14172 @richapintoi ans this, with the richest municipality in india, and probably one of the richest in the world @mybmc

@pratt_srt @richapintoi according to the latest rule, during weekends and official holidays all BMC parks and garden should be open 5 am to 10 pm, no afternoon closures. But most local parks dont even respect the current policy

@MushtaqAnsari80 @richapintoi too hot for you doesnt mean it's too hot for other people. There can be staggered timings for staff. maintenance can be done by cordoning off a certain area, they do not water the whole area in the same time anyway...Most parks are shut from 9-5 pm nowadays...it si ridiculous.

@richapintoi Staffs need time to relax , lunch break, watering plants,cleaning park , maintainance etc.. Also afternoon is too hot

@richapintoi Sign the petition: change.org/p/keep-mumbai-…

@BombayGreenway @rahulnarwekar @CMOMaharashtra @mybmc thank you @timesofindia for highlighting this! It gives us hope that our city can improve @BombayGreenway @rahulnarwekar @CMOMaharashtra @mybmc #abrahamjohnarchitects

Moving in the right direction, glad to see our #KalaGhoda initiative implemented: transforming KalaGhoda into a vibrant, greener, pedestrian-friendly plaza with underground parking, in collaboration with @rahulnarwekar @CMOMaharashtra @mybmc #abrahamjohnarchitects #bombaygreenway