Month since 4-yr-old's death, public gym equipment overhaul pending
Hindustan Times|November 27, 2024
More than a month after a four-year-old boy died when exercise equipment in an open-air gym collapsed on him in a municipality-run park in Moti Nagar, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has yet to initiate the annual maintenance of such equipment across the city.
Paras Singh
Month since 4-yr-old's death, public gym equipment overhaul pending

Instead of addressing the issue with repairs, field workers have reportedly been instructed to dismantle "any defective equipment" in order to prevent further accidents, officials familiar with the development said.

A senior MCD official revealed that while a tender has been issued for the maintenance of children's play equipment, the proposal for an annual maintenance contract for open-air gym equipment remains stuck in the process of administrative approval. Consequently, no repair work has commenced on the ground for either category.

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