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Mumbai: Dahisar, Malad civic pools to be opened in April
Updated On: 10 March, 2023 06:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Prajakta Kasale
Officials accepting online membership applications, say public response has been encouraging
The pool at Chacha Nehru Garden in Malad West
Two civic swimming pools, at Chacha Nehru Garden in Malad West and Gyandhara Garden in Dahisar West, each with the capacity to accommodate 2,000, will finally be opened to the public from April 1. They were supposed to be inaugurated in February, but power and water connection work was delayed. The BMC has already started accepting members. Another pool, in Wadala, which was run by the fire brigade, may be opened in May, civic officials said.
There are currently only four BMC-run pools that are open to the public. The project to increase the number of pools across the city started around five years ago. The BMC spent Rs 17 crore to build the two new pools. “We have started online membership for both the pools and are seeing a good response. We will also reserve a few seats for those who want to shift their membership from the nearby Kandivli or Dahisar East pools,” said Kishor Gandhi, deputy municipal commissioner. These pools are regular-sized, each measuring 25x15 metres and have the capacity to accommodate 1,632 people in a day. But as per the membership-to-user ratio, around 2,000 people may get a membership at each pool. Around 100 annual memberships at Dahisar and 300 memberships at Malad were booked on the first day.
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