Kolkata: facing flats from citizens, health experts and rights groups for their reluctance to open the park, members of the mayor-in Kolkata Municipal Corporation responsible for the park and Box Debashis Kumar told TOI all the parks will return to pre-covid and time Open from 6am to 9pm.
“I will hold a meeting with my department official on Monday and ask them to ensure that all parks remain open all day.
We realize the need for people to use the park to stay healthy, both physically and mentally.
I want to convince residents that they are Will not face obstacles in using the park, “Kumar said on Saturday.
Despite the civil body last week promised to extend the time, citizens lived in Rawdon Street-Loudon-Street and side by side with several parks, including Rawdon Square, Nature Park, Victoria Square and Minto Park, surprised to find all the parks padlok after 9 am.
Follow this that Toi contacted Kumar, who then assured that the park would open from Monday.
Former Cricketer Devang Gandhi said it was a fantastic development.
“This pandemic has made everyone confined in their homes and in a terrible health and mind.
Can go to the neighborhood park at the convenience of someone can do a good world to people,” he said.
Gandhi is among several citizens who have written an open letter to the Chairman of the Minister of Mamata Banerjee, demanding the reopening of the park and lake in the city.
While KMDA has extended the time of Rabindra Sarobar and Sarobar Subhas, some parks maintained by KMC have refused to do it.
The source said that while several parks remained closed because there was no enough guard to serve throughout the day, others said some board members acted as if the park was private property.
Green Activist Bonani Kakkar, who has been very vocal about the need to reopen the clock extended, emphasizing that the park is a problem.
“KMC or any board members should not feel it distributes help.
Using reasons such as parks must be closed during the day so they can be cleaned away from the truth as can be seen by Rabindra Sarovar is being cleaned while the people are there.
Civic’s body is not Can hold the city to redeem its internal problems.
Life is not about living in fear of the virus and remains confined at home.
It’s about freedom in a safe room.
Park is needed to prevent sick people, “he said.
Kakkar has written to the KMC commissioner on this issue and also shows that the state government commandments dropped restrictions on January 2, 2022, only mentioning amusement parks and not neighborhood parks but KMC and KMDa quickly closed all parks and lakes.
The city has around 750 parks, 30% of them are large parks, 50% medium parks and the rest are small parks.