Watch: Woman swims 36 kms from Worli Sea Link to Gateway of India

Commenting on Burman’s post, an Instagram user referred to the swim as “36 km for pure Sewage discharge”. A person expressed concern and wrote, “Hats off! But I think the water is too dirty it might cause u danger”.

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Another person wrote, “Even Im a swimmer and I know how much it takes to swim 36km. The longest i have swim is 7.5km to complete that It took me complete 3 months of preparation giving 6hrs daily and i was swimming daily 1km for past 7 yrs. Respect +++.” An Instagram user joked, “Looking at the traffic of mumbai, I guess everyone will have to do this.”

Earlier in March, Burman became the first Indian woman to complete a two-way swim across Palk Strait. She started her swim from Dhanushkodi Old Harbor at 4:45 pm on March 15 and reached the turning point Talaimannar at 5 am on March 16. She finished the swim at Arichal Munai at 12:20 pm on March 16.