If all goes as per plan, Mumbai's colonial-era water fountains, locally known as pyaavs, will serve the purpose they were originally constructed for. As part of a new initiative called Pyaav Circuit, the heritage department of the BMC, which has already begun restoring several pyaavs in the city, will supply filtered drinking water at 21 such fountains that are currently dilapidated.

The first leg of the project will begin with restoration of four drinking fountains at Veermata Jijabai Udyan and Zoo in Byculla, of which one will be part of a cascade fountain. Civic officials said that they will float the tender by the end of this month. The work, which will continue through the monsoon, will take 10 months to complete.