After conducting minor repairs over the years, the Bombay Parsi Punchyet has decided to carry out a holistic restoration of the 300-year-old Doongerwadi or the Parsi Tower of Silence at Malabar Hill for the first time. The first phase of the project is pegged to cost around R50 lakh. Earlier this month, the BPP sent out an appeal to the community exhorting them to participate by making donations required to raise the amount.

Members of the BPP said that they have been meaning to take up the overall restoration of Doongerwadi for a long time now. Kersi Randeria, one the BPP trustees, said, "The roads from the entrance to the prayer halls have been in a bad shape and several potholes need to be fixed. There are storage and changing rooms, which although not used frequently, need to be repaired," he said.