Two rare wrought iron cannons lying for ages amid dust, traffic and pollution in Parel may find a respectable place at a garden circle near KEM Hospital, thanks to the efforts of local history buffs and experts.

The two cannons were lying near an old petrol pump. They had been buried muzzle down for ages. The plot where they lay may soon go for redevelopment, so activists have had to move fast, a report said in this paper.