The city's first heritage textile museum, set to come up at the United Mill compound in Kalachowkie, will have a swanky addition - a multimedia fountain showing holographic visuals about the life of mill workers and the history of the textile industry in Mumbai. The design and other aspects of this fountain will be approved by an expert committee - comprising noted personalities from the film and architecture fraternities - which is being set up by the BMC.

The global tender for the multimedia fountain will cost the civic body a cool Rs 25 crore. The structure will be set up on a lake within the mill compound, which is 55 metres long, 45 metres wide and 8 metres deep. The fountain is part of phase I of the plan and the restoration and construction of the textile museum will be part of the second. Municipal commissioner Ajoy Mehta said, "We want to involve international companies since we want the best possible experience for Mumbaikars. Visitors will be able to witness the history of girni kamgars [mill workers] and of the textile industry.