This project has been initiated under the Fort Management Plan. Esplanade Mansion (formerly known as Watson’s Hotel) was the first pre-fabricated cast iron structure to be constructed in the country between 1867 and 1869. Structural parts used for its construction were manufactured in England before being shipped to Mumbai for assembly. Located in the Fort [...]
This project has been initiated under the Fort Management Plan. The Elphinstone College is a landmark in the city of Bombay, and has been one of the greatest educational institutions of the city. The impressive building in which it has been housed since the nineteenth century, is among the finest examples of Victorian architecture, with [...]
The UDRI commissioned a Conservation Architect to survey and document Grade - I Heritage Structures in Mumbai with recommendations regarding what needs to be done viz: the conservation of these historically important buildings. This study, produced in 1998 was submitted to the Heritage Committee for follow up with building owners.
This project has been initiated under the Fort Management Plan. In 1998-99, the UDRI initiated the formulation of an Association of users and building owners in the Kala Ghoda area of Bombay. Together with the Association, UDRI undertook extensive documentation and mapping of the area together with proposals for how this area could be treated [...]
This project has been initiated under the Fort Management Plan. The Heritage Regulations of Greater Mumbai was a pioneering effort by the Maharashtra Government to protect the historical fabric of our city. Since its inception in 1995, it has been instrumental in setting up a framework for the identification and protection of important precincts and [...]
UDRI together with five Resident Associations and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation came together to prepare a Master Plan for this intensely used urban node and area in 1998-99. The proposal aimed at creating a framework within which the citizens group that exist in the Churchgate area as well as the different establishments that are located [...]
This project has been initiated under the Fort Management Plan. In 1999, the UDRI was commissioned by the Ballard Estate Association and Bombay First to prepare for the conservation as well as an Urban Management for this business district. Following this, UDRI, in association with Bombay First prepared a report titled ‘Ballard Estate - A [...]
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission), a no open defecation initiative was launched in 2014 by the Prime Minister of India. As a part of this mission, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai aims to provide community toilets in all of the city’s informal settlements to meet the standard of 1 toilet seat for 30 [...]
This project has been initiated under the Fort Management Plan. Background Listed and notified as a Grade II Heritage structure for Mumbai, the ornate Kothari Pyau was built in 1913 and donated to the then Bombay Municipal Corporation as a water trough for cattle and horses. As was the general practice then, the fountain was built as an [...]
This project has been initiated under the Fort Management Plan. Background The 152 year old Fitzgerald Fountain and Lamp was erected by the Esplanade Committee in 1867 in honour of Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey-Fitzgerald, the Governor of Bombay from 1867 to 1872. The cast iron structure with a gas lamp and four fountains stands [...]
