Kolkata: Under the API from a group of citizens to close the park when the notification issued by the state government announced Covid restrictions on January 2, 2022, at the start of the third wave specifically mentioning the closure of the amusement park, KMC officials extended the night time.
In the city park per hour while claiming they want to return to the earliest pre-covid hours.
Since the beginning of this week, the park opens twice a day – once from 6 am to 9 in the morning and again from 15:00 to 6pm.
There are 750 KMC parks in 144 wards in the city.
“We are all to reopen the park from 6am to 9pm as before before March 2020.
We plan to extend the night time about an hour with a direct effect.
We will then extend it further in the morning and open it in the afternoon so we are Getting a nod from the state government, “said a senior park department official.
Debashis Kumar, MMIC oversees the KMC Parks department, said the department does not support placing sidewalks on the right of citizens to enter public parks at any time of the day.
“We keep tabs on the Covid situation and connect with the government before we can return to pre-covid time,” Kumar said.
However, Supreme Court Advocate Shruti Agarwal questioned why the park was closed from the start when the notification did not determine it.
“It was surprising that while restrictions on Covid restrictions were issued by the state government on January 2, 2022 and signed by the main secretary stating that the amusement park had to be closed, KMC and Kmpa went ahead and he said.
The doctor and scientists also repeatedly showed that risk The spread of the lowest infection in the air space.
Calling to immediately reopen the park according to the pre-covid schedule, Green Advocacy Group Founder Bonani Kakkar said: “Public parks are not discretionary services translated by KMC.
They are important services, as many water and street lights.
Using Covid as a pretext to reject this important citizen is the same as the failure to carry out legal tasks.
“Ankit Agarwal lawyer, who used to exercise between 7pm and 21:00 before Covid, said it was important to return to the previous regimen for those who couldn’t wake up early and they were busy all day.” People with professional commitment in the morning need.
Has flexibility.
Ditto with parents who can get fresh air, greenery, and afternoon sun in a gloomy and winter times, “he said.