Overview
- The BMC’s Solid Waste Management Department issued permission for the Professional Golf Tour of India to begin the evaluation.
- The study will review environmental suitability, ground conditions and a potential course layout for the site.
- The dumping ground was permanently closed in 2018 after prolonged complaints about odour and pollution.
- Local BJP MLA Mihir Kotecha, who proposed the project, welcomed the decision and thanked Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and civic commissioner Bhushan Gagrani.
- If the land proves suitable, the civic body will decide on detailed planning and execution, and no completion timeline for the study was disclosed.