Taj Mahal Palace leads project to restore Gateway of India precinct
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The Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai continues its commitment towards making the city of Mumbai a world class tourist destination, by furthering the Gateway of India Precinct Project. This unique project, which is in its second year, is working with the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, the Mumbai Heritage Committee and the Ministry of Tourism with the objective of making The Gateway of India precinct a world class locality.
Taljinder Singh, Area Director, Mumbai Hotels and General Manager, The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai who heads this Project said, “The Taj Mahal Palace has been synonymous with Mumbai’s heritage and has defined the city’s skyline twenty years before the Gateway of India came to be. We are proud to be leading this project and hope to make the Gateway of India precinct a world class precinct that measures up to global standards.”
The Gateway of India Precinct Conservation Project, divided in three phases also aims to ultimately get a world heritage precinct recognition for the area. In the first phase, which is currently ongoing, the hotel is initiating the Swatch Bharat initiative which includes manual cleaning of the entire area around the hotel till the Radio Club, including the roads and pavements in the area. Apart from this, the restoration of 46 heritage light poles, installation of heritage traffic bollards and basic static lighting of the Gateway of India monument are also part of the project. In the second phase, the committee plans to work towards elimination of visible pollution from the water, uniform shop frontages, ensure basic cleaning of the blue basalt stone on the sea front and promenade, besides adoption and restoration of the footpaths on P. Ramchandani Marg and undertaking uniform horticulture in the entire precinct. The final phase will eventually include the adoption of the Gateway of India monument, its restoration, annual cleaning and lighting.