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Mumbai: Cabinet nod for Mahalaxmi Race Course theme garden
Updated On: 12 March, 2024 07:23 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
Race course precinct to be transformed into New York-inspired green space
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Cabinet gave the nod to develop a 120-acre New York-like central park. File pic/Shadab Khan
The Eknath Shinde cabinet went into election mode on Monday by clearing 18 policy and populist proposals at its weekly meeting. It gave the nod to develop a 120-acre New York-like central park in Mumbai`s Mahalaxmi Race Course precinct.
The garden will be open to all. The space available won`t be developed into an amusement park but turned into a themed green space that will provide efficient lungs for the city. The project had run into controversy following political opposition, but CM Shinde took a personal interest in convincing the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) that had been leased a land parcel of which 120 acres were to be given for the park and the rest were to be used for the racing activity. A majority of RWITC members had cleared a proposal made by the Mumbai civic body. The proposal allowed the lease of the century-old racecourse to be extended, on the condition that the club hands over 120 acres of the 211-acre racecourse to the BMC.
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