She had to jump over four or five missing pavement blocks and negotiate a ditch filled with water and trash

A view of Marine Drive in the present day

Marine Drive is the first stop for most tourists and one of the city’s most recognisable symbols. The scenic promenade is showing signs of neglect, our front-page report bore out, with sunken pavement blocks, missing tiles and pothole-like ditches filled with water and garbage marring the walkway.

A Punekar said in our report that she felt she had to visit........

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