The Narwekars, Rahul, MLA from the Colaba constituency and sister-in-law Harshita, corporator, Colaba, have raised concerns about what they term as "wasteful spending" by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Miyawaki plantations in the times of the COVID-19 crisis.

Miyawaki is a technique to grow forests, invented by a Japanese botanist, Akira Miyawaki. In this approach, dozens of native species are planted very close together. This ensures that plants receive sunlight only from the top and grow upwards and not sideways. It is an attempt to grow a forest in a short time.