Within two months of opening a viewing deck at Dadar’s Chaitya bhoomi, the city gets its another “audience gallery” in South Mumbai.
On Sunday, April 17, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray along with his son, who is also Tourism and Environment Minister, Aaditya Thackeray and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar unveiled the Girgaon Chowpatty viewing deck.
The Girgaon Chowpatty sea-viewing deck will give Mumbaikars and tourists picturesque views of the Arabian sea.
Taking it to Twitter, Thackeray shared: "Transforming the stormwater drain outfall, into a viewing deck to experience the mesmerising sunsets, this is an excellent example of utilization of precious unused spaces to create urban open spaces for locals & tourists. We are implementing these all over the city and suburbs."
Following the overwhelming response to Dadar’s Tyagmurti Mata Ramai Ambedkar Smruti Viewing Deck, today CM Uddhav Thackeray ji and DCM @AjitPawarSpeaks ji unveiled the Girgaon Chowpatty viewing deck pic.twitter.com/n5QIYD1ZzN
— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) April 17, 2022
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On this occasion, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said: "Cleanliness was not maintained in this corner when we travelled from the ministry to Raj Bhavan. This area remained neglected. However, Aaditya Thackeray took the initiative and managed to complete the work of this spectacular viewing deck in eight months nearly for tourists and citizens to enjoy a beautiful view.”
मुख्यमंत्री मा. उद्धवजी ठाकरे यांच्या हस्ते गिरगाव चौपाटीवरील "दर्शक गॅलरी"चं लोकार्पण करण्यात आलं. मुंबईकर किंवा बाहेरचे पर्यटक गिरगाव चौपाटीला येतात. त्यांना इथे या गॅलरीत आल्यावर नक्कीच खूप आनंद मिळेल. भरतीच्यावेळी आपण समुद्रात उभे आहोत असा आनंद देणारा हा स्पॉट उभा राहिला आहे. pic.twitter.com/zAGkC7AXs9
— Ajit Pawar (@AjitPawarSpeaks) April 17, 2022
Moreover, CM's wife Rashmi Thackeray, MP Anil Desai, Arvind Sawant, MLA Mangalprabhat Lodha, BMC Administrator Iqbal Singh Chahal, Additional Commissioner of Municipal Corporation Dr Sanjeev Kumar were present on the occasion.
In a similar initiative, on February 9, Aaditya Thackeray inaugurated Mata Ramabai Ambedkar Smruti viewing deck” in Dadar, which was a stormwater drain outfalls. He further stated that 40 such spots across Mumbai will be beautified so that people will have a place to sit, walk, do yoga during different times in the day.