In a welcoming news, Mumbai recently got its first park exclusively dedicated for persons with special needs.
According to reports, a new park has been inaugurated in Bandra near the Joggers park for children on the autism spectrum and those specially-abled.
This is an initiative by I Love Mumbai Foundation and was reportedly inaugurated by former Minister Aaditya Thackeray earlier this month. It was built under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
The park, exclusively developed for disabled persons, has 32 different types of rides as swings, slopes and hand balls and designed for specially-abled persons, sources stated.
Reports further mentioned that the play area also has sensory play items like wind chimes and arc ball facility with basket balls which is aimed to enhance motor skills of the children.
The park also has rubber padded flooring and playing apparatuses which are wheel-chair friendly.
A Bandra resident and mother of a child on Autism spectrum that the park soothes her son as per Midday.
Meanwhile, the BMC-appointed caretaker and in-charge of the joggers Park noted that the park also presents special schools in the city an opportunity to bring the children to play in the open. He also exclaimed that a few of the institutes have already brought the students to the park and that it is most crowded on Sundays. He said that the section gradually is becoming popular among people.
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