After getting longer access to the gardens in the city, Mumbaikars will now be able to walk into certain gardens at any time of the day. Civic chief Praveen Pardeshi has issued directions that the gardens will be allowed to remain open 24X7 from Monday onwards after appropriate security measures have been taken. This paper, through the Garden Safety Audit Round Table, has consistently reported about citizens' demand for longer access to better open spaces. Due to mid-day's initiative, the civic body was considering keeping gardens open for 12 hours. Late last month, the civic body decided to keep all gardens open from 6 am till 10 pm.

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