After it assured corporators that it will not plant Miyawaki forests on city playgrounds, five such grounds have appeared on the BMC's list of 64 plots set to get the green cover. As per the plan, two of the five grounds will have half their area covered, while other grounds will have the forest coming up on a 200 to 500 square-metre chunk. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is going to spend R35 crore on these urban forests.

Currently, the Miyawaki method of planting forests, which involves more trees in a smaller area, is the talk of the town. While there has been no opposition to the planting of trees, the plan has been criticised for the huge cost and the chosen locations, which include gardens and playground. The forests will be so thick that people won't be able to enter them. There will be around three trees per square metre.