India, May 21 -- The city's first dedicated mangrove park at Gorai will finally open on May 28, nearly three years behind the original deadline, a senior forest official told Hindustan Times.

Confirming the development, Borivali legislator Sanjay Upadhyay said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and union minister and North Mumbai MP Piyush Goyal would inaugurate the Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Mangrove Park in Borivali at 10.30am on May 28.

State forest minister Ganesh Naik, Mumbai suburban guardian minister Ashish Shelar, co-guardian minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha and BJP leader Gopal Shetty would also be present during the inauguration, Upadhyay added.

The mangrove park was announced in 2021 and originally expected to open in 2023...