India, June 6 -- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has placed its first batch of projects before potential CSR partners, offering 71 proposals related to gardens, playgrounds and public open spaces across the city's 26 administrative wards.

The projects, which are open for corporate collaboration through CSR funding, range from Rs.1 lakh for the development of HB Shivdasani Udyan in Sion to Rs.10 crore for the development of Swargiya Balasaheb Thackeray Maidan in Borivali. Broadly, the proposals fall into two categories - development and renovation of public open spaces.

The move comes as Mumbai continues to face an acute shortage of accessible recreational spaces. A joint study by the Urban Design Research Institute (UDRI) a...