Will landlord pay R 50cr to restore Esplanade? HC suggests it is interested in more than structural repairs, and wants to know how restoration of heritage structure can be paid for Esplanade Mansionu2019s owner Sadik Ali has been asked to confirm if he can foot the entire bill by February 20. FILE PIC Arita Sarkar arita. sarkar@ mid- day. com LENGTHY discussions at Bombay High Court on the fate of Esplanade Mansion on Tuesday ended up hitting the roadblock of cost of restoration.

While MHADA and the state government said they donu2019t have funds, the division bench asked the landlord, Sadik Ali, to reply if he would be able to contribute R 50 crore for the Grade II heritage structureu2019s restoration. u00bb P06 u2018 I have done a 3D analysis to figure out the structural stability and cost. I feel that restoration shouldnu2019t cost more than R 45 cr or R 50 cru2019 Chetan Raikar, structural architect