The Central Railway (CR) is planning to set up a mini urban forest at the Kurla Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) on the lines of the Japanese Miyawaki plantation. Sources said that the CR was working out details to invite a proposal for the same. The Miyawaki technique can support 45 saplings within a 150 sqft area and Kurla LTT has huge space where the plantation can be set up in patches.

The Miyawaki method essentially involves planting native trees in a specific area to develop a dense, self-sustaining grove. Plantations set up under the Miyawaki method - developed by Japanese botanist and plant ecology expert Dr. Akira Miyawaki - have improved carbon-dioxide absorption, reduced noise and dust and added more green surface area.