Ideally, the success of Dharavi, and how the congested slum managed to curb COVID-19 spread by observing restrictions, should have inspired the city. However, that seems to not have been the case. After all, when seeing how populated Mumbai's streets are today, could you guess that currently there are as many as 8,500 sealed building across the city, with around nine lakh citizens, and 620 containment zones with more than 25 lakh residents? While the BMC appealed to Mumbaikars several times, and even filed police complaints against those not remaining restricted to their sealed buildings, we seem to be in no mood to follow rules.

And, Colaba's Pasta Lanes are just a symptom of the city's problem.