India, Aug. 16 -- In early May, when content creator Soumya Mandvikar made a reel on how to reach the newly done Worli seafarers promenade, it was a path filled with obstacles. From the Venus Apartments bus stop, she had to cross a road, slip past some barricades, walk along construction sites and roads in the making, walk through the bumpy uneven surfaces, filled with gravel, till she reached the then hidden pedestrian underpass (PUP) in Worli. The underpass, too, was undone, as was the promenade at the time. Not anymore.

On Friday, a 5.25-km stretch of the total 7.5 km promenade along the Coastal Road and 4 PUPs opened up anew to the public, a long-awaited return after the Worli seaface was blocked years ago for the construction of the...