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Mumbai`s open spaces in limbo

Mumbai`s open spaces in limbo  there is very little clarity and much wrangling between Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and the Maharashtra government over Mumbai's open space policy. The state government asked the corporation to put a stay on the policy. The local body in turn asked for a clarification on the stay order from the state government. The state government then asked the corporation for a report on Mumbai's open spaces but hasn't given the local body a strict timeframe for it.

Known as the rg/pg (recreation ground and play ground) policy, it has two sub-policies