The Brihanumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is going to develop and maintain 159 playgrounds and offer facilities for sports such as kabaddi, kho-kho, basketball, volleyball, handball and athletics under a Rs 96 crore plan.
The BMC has finalised the contractors who will develop and maintain the plots in all 24 wards. More than 100 of these will have open-air gymnasiums. These plots include some of the 1,068 open spaces and others handed over to BMC by developers according to requirements under the policy for reservation for amenities.
The plots will be developed within three months of a work order being issued to contractors, who will also be responsible for maintaining the plot for the next three years.