Question

Describe any five features of land reclamation in bombay 0

Answer 1

land reclamation in Bombay. The great sea wall was built as part of this project to prevent the flooding of the low lying areas of Bombay. ... Both Governement and private tried for the reclamation of more landfrom the sea.

Answer 2

The earliest project began in1784 . The Bombay governor William Hornby approved the building of the great sea wall which prevented the flooding of low lying areas of Bombay

ln 1864 the Back Bay Reclamation Company won the right to reclaim the western foreshore from the tip of Malabar Hill to the end of Colaba.

A successful reclamation project was under taken by the Bombay Port Trust which built a dry dock between 1914 and 1918

Used the excavated earth to create the 22acre Ballard Estate.