Five years after its flagship project to restore the heritage structures inside the 162-year-old Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Garden and Zoo, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is now undertaking another restoration initiative.

This phase will focus on the Byculla zoo’s clock tower, conservatory, Triumphal Arch, several statues and the cast iron railing that forms the compound wall. Learning from earlier conservation work at the zoo and across the city, the BMC has included a three-year maintenance contract in the new project.