British-era Horniman Circle garden to be renovated for tourism

Mumbai | Saturday | 18th August, 2018

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The Horniman Circle garden was built in 1872 and is spread over 12,000 square yards. The Fort-based Horniman Circle garden — built in the British-era — will undergo a renovation that will include renewed lighting and iron-fencing. Sanjay Sawant of the heritage department, BMC, said, "The Horniman Circle garden is a heritage and part of the Fort precinct. Explaining it further, conservation architect Vikas Dilawari said back in the days, Horniman Circle was the place where open market trading would be conducted. BMC's focus will be to revive the old glory of the garden to encourage tourism..