Rs 100-crore heritage boost for Mumbai expected in BMC budget

Updated On: 04 February, 2019 07:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Arita Sarkar

Heritage department plans to set aside Rs 3 crore to restore Fort's Horniman Circle this year, along with pushing its urban design projects

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The iconic Flora Fountain in Fort was inaugurated last month following its restoration by the heritage department. File Pic

Mumbai's once mighty mills are all set to make a comeback in the under-construction textile museum, as the BMC's heritage department has proposed a Rs 100-crore allocation for the project in the upcoming year. The civic budget detailing these allocations will be announced today.

Apart from the Rs 300 crore textile museum, which was allocated Rs 25 crore in last year's budget, the heritage department has also planned to take up the restoration of the Horniman Circle in Fort this year and invite proposals for the multimedia musical fountain including a light and sound show in the textile museum premises.