mumbaiUpdated: Nov 15, 2020, 23:16 ISTAfter a delay of about two years since it was first planned, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday started work on the restoration of 11 British era heritage milestone markers of the city. These milestones are approximately 200 years old, according to information from BMC, and were installed to mark the distance from St Thomas Cathedral near Horniman Circle in Fort, which is considered the zero milestone. There are supposed to be 15 or 16 such milestones in the city limits, of which 11 have been traced so far. Each milestone will have a QR code tag that tourists can scan on their mobile phones to view the entire milestone heritage circuit. The project was first pitched in 2018 before BMC’s Heritage Committee and has been in the pipeline due to the cost and design revisions.

Source: Hindustan Times November 15, 2020 17:46 UTC