Question

Describe the land reclamation process in Bombay during the late
nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries.
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Answer 1

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1) In 1784, the Bombay governer William Hornby proof the building of the Great sea wall which prevented the flooding of the low lying areas of bombay.

2) In 1864, the Back Bay Reclamation Company (private company) won the right to reclaim the western fore shore from the tip of Malabar hill to the end of Colaba .

3) Reclamation often mean the labelling of the hills around Bombay .By 1870's the city had expnded to about 22sq miles.

4) A successful reclamation project was under taken by the Bombay Port Trust which built a dry Dock between 1940-1980 and used the exavated earth to create the 22acre of Ballard state.

5) Subsequently, the famous Marine Drive of Bomabay was developed.