Even as Mumbaikars starve for open spaces, thanks to the BMC, the city will now have one less garden in the future. The civic body has quietly proposed changes to the Development Plan 2034 (DP 2034) to remove the garden reservation from an around-2-acre plot in Goregaon West. Instead, officials have proposed to shift the garden reservation to another plot that is owned by the central government and is already occupied by slums. Activists allege the garden reservation was removed without inviting suggestions and objections from citizens, and was done to benefit the landlord.

According to the 7/12 extract (government records), the controversial plot — bearing CTS number 1208 and located near Inorbit Mall — is owned by a private citizen. As per DP 1991, it had a garden reservation. There was no BMC access road to this plot either, as per DP 1991. But, in the DP 2034, the plot's reservation has been changed from garden to hospital, along with a 9-metre access road.