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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has begun landscaping and plantation work along the Mumbai Coastal Road project, with plans to plant nearly 60,000 trees across reclaimed open spaces over the next two years. Around 15,000 trees are targeted before the monsoon season, with work underway in Worli and Breach Candy. The initiative is being implemented under a corporate social responsibility programme led by Reliance Foundation to develop gardens, promenades and recreation zones along the corridor. Plantation targets linked to the project were also referenced in a public communication released by the foundation earlier this year, aligning with details cited in civic planning documents and multiple media reports.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has commenced landscaping and plantation work across open-space sections created under the Mumbai Coastal Road project, with plans to introduce nearly 60,000 trees along the reclaimed coastal corridor over the next two years. Advertisement
According to civic officials, the first phase of the plantation programme targets around 15,000 trees before the onset of the monsoon season. Plantation activity has already begun at selected locations in Worli and Breach Candy where soil preparation, land grading and ecological assessments are currently underway.
The plantation and open-space development programme is being undertaken under a corporate social responsibility initiative led by Reliance Foundation, which was officially appointed to develop and maintain gardens, promenades and landscape infrastructure along portions of the coastal road corridor. Civic documents and earlier expressions of interest issued by BMC stated that the initiative would not involve direct financial contribution from the civic body for development and maintenance activities.
The broader landscaping programme forms part of the 10.6-km Mumbai Coastal Road project, which involved reclamation of nearly 111 hectares from the Arabian Sea for road infrastructure, interchanges and associated public amenities. Officials stated that remaining reclaimed parcels are proposed to be converted into public open spaces featuring gardens, promenades, cycling tracks, urban forests and recreational facilities.
According to civic officials associated with the project, approximately 900 mm of engineered soil layering is being prepared at plantation sites because portions of the reclaimed land contain layers of murum, stone aggregates and treated fill material unsuitable for direct plantation activity. Additional soil conditioning and plant acclimatisation studies are also being conducted through nurseries developed at Worli and Breach Candy.
The landscaping blueprint includes Miyawaki urban forest clusters, themed gardens, waterfront promenades and public recreation zones along various stretches of the coastal corridor. Officials stated that portions near Haji Ali are also being planned with sports and recreation facilities including badminton and tennis courts alongside children’s play areas.
The plantation target of nearly 60,000 trees linked to the project was also referenced in a publicly released project communication by Reliance Foundation earlier this year, where foundation representatives outlined long-term landscaping and ecological restoration goals associated with the coastal road open-space programme. The statements broadly aligned with plantation figures cited in civic planning discussions and multiple media reports reviewed for this article.
Separately, BMC has also proposed compensatory plantation measures linked to mangrove loss associated with sections of the coastal road project. According to civic proposals reviewed in recent reports, the administration plans to undertake plantation activity exceeding the number of mangrove trees affected during infrastructure execution.
The coastal road landscaping initiative forms part of broader urban public-space redevelopment efforts currently underway across Mumbai’s western shoreline, where civic authorities are attempting to combine transport infrastructure expansion with open-space creation and ecological restoration measures.
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