India, Feb. 27 -- The Mumbai Architects Collective (MAC) is demanding public disclosure on two of Mumbai's most high-profile projects involving green, open spaces. The MAC first raised its voice against the proposed makeover of the Mahalaxmi racecourse a week ago, pointing out that the revamped racecourse would convert a massive, natural holding pond into impermeable underground structures that is bound to cause flooding in the area.

On Thursday, MAC members demanded that 298 acres of landscape space - 125 acres at the racecourse and 173 acres of Coastal Road gardens - be designed as a single contiguous entity, a unified ecological and social asset.

They also questioned eight "missing" acres in the racecourse project, and also sought ju...