Deadly metal spikes installed outside HDFC Bank’s Fort branch to stop the homeless from sitting or sleeping there drew a barrage of criticism on Monday.
Pictures of the spikes put up by the bank went viral after a journalist tweeted photos of the dangerous iron spikes, which he noticed on Sunday afternoon.
“It reminded me of ‘defensive architecture’ installed in London to prevent homeless people from sleeping outside commercial premises, which attracted a great deal of public controversy. I noted however that the spikes outside this HDFC Bank branch were far longer and sharper than those I had seen photographed in the UK, and could cause grave injury to anyone who fell on them – there appeared a particular risk of this happening since the passageway outside the branch is narrow and crowded,” Mundy said.
