The contract has been awarded to EPC-DPM, an environmental-planning collaboration from Ahmedabad and Adarkar Associates, a Mumbai-based architecture and planning company. A source in the sub-committee said that over the past few months, as many as 70 bids were received for the the project after advertisements were released in August. MMRDA has made an allotment of Rs 5 crore to the EIS for the project, with the Rs 60 lakh the society earns annually also being channeled into the mapping project.

Meanwhile, nature enthusiast Nayana Kathpalia of Citispace, observed: “The plan sounds good, but in a vast city like Mumbai, it may not be feasible.” Shetty, however, pointed out that at a time when green spaces are becoming a rarity, identifying them is the first step towards ensuring their survival.