The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has selected Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) to develop 53 hectares of open space along the coastal road of Mumbai. The company may take at least three to four months to prepare a plan after which work on new open spaces along the road from Priyadarshini Park to Worli will commence said sources in the civic body to Mint as cited by them in a report. The BMC earlier had planned to independently develop open spaces along the Rs 13000-crore Coastal Road. However the plan was dropped due to an estimated additional cost of Rs 400 crore and the rising capital expenditure linked to these major projects. The current 10.58-km Coastal Road connects to Marine Drive’s Princess Street Flyover and then to the Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL). A 7.5-kilometre-long area is under construction out of which Tata Sons is developing the 5-hectare area.  Out of the 111 hectares of land reclaimed from the sea BMC wants to develop 70 hectares of open landscape as green pockets with gardens cycling tracks and amphitheatres.  Remaining 53 hectares near Breach Candy to Worli BMC  was trying to find private companies who can develop and maintain the open space for which an EOI was submitted. They invited private companies and voluntary organisations to design develop and maintain this land. Five big companies like Jindal Raymond RPG foundation Vedanta apart from Reliance had shown interest in the proposal. A proposal to finalise RIL was sent to the municipal commissioner’s office. After the final approval the agency will submit detailed designs along with a timeline as reported by Indian Express.