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Children's parks in Delhi like death traps, court told

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday was informed by a lawyer that conditions of children's park in the capital are in "deplorable conditions" and facilities there are like "death traps".A division bench of Chief

IANS Updated on: May 07, 2014 23:32 IST

"All the swings, slides and other facilities are in bad condition. From all the swings, nails are coming out. Its a death trap condition there," he said.

The court had taken suo motu cognizance of the letter written by Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph asking it to take up the issue appropriately so that children get a "congenial atmosphere in these parks befitting their age and dignity".

Justice Joseph, after visiting two children's parks at India Gate and Lake Park near Sarojini Nagar recently and seeing their deplorable condition, expressed displeasure that no responsible authority was maintaining those parks.

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