India, Dec. 11 -- The move from garbage to golf is gaining momentum, with the civic administration commissioning a feasibility study for a golf course on the defunct Mulund dumping yard. This rules out all other suggestions, including one for a cancer or an eye hospital, on the 64-acre land parcel at Durgawadi in Mulund east.

The feasibility study for the golf course will be conducted by Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the controlling body for professional golf in India, which had submitted a proposal to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) last month.

The formal approval came on Wednesday from the BMC's solid waste management department, which underlined that this did not constitute approval for actual development or co...