Updated On: 03 May, 2018 08:00 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
After the death of leading gastroenterologist Dr Deepak Amarapurkar, who fell into an open manhole near Elphinstone Road last monsoon, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had decided to fix protective nets under one lakh manholes in Mumbai


Pothole in Mumbai. File pic
With the Mumbai monsoons around the corner, pedestrians in the suburbs beware of wading through water logged roads this monsoon. As per a recent report the civic body will not be fixing protective nets under manholes to prevent casualties – in case one of them are left open.