Phase I of the restoration project at Flora Fountain will go on for six months

It was beginning to feel as if we were part of a maze. Back in March 2010, as we wound our way through its Gothic-styled staircases, somewhere between the second and the sixth floors of the BMC building, the report tabled by conservation architect Vikas Dilawari on the restoration of Flora Fountain seemed to have been lost in a game of hide-and-seek. The buck was passed with alarming hilarity, until we lost track. That mystery was unsolved. Yet, thankfully, a year later, when news that the BMC had approved the same restoration plan was out, heritage buffs like us heaved a sigh of relief. Five years later, and after several false starts, work has finally begun on this celebration of stone, engineering and Romanesque architecture.