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Mumbai: Sewri Fort to soon be a tourist hotspot
Updated On: 12 November, 2018 03:40 PM IST | Mumbai | Arita Sarkar
State govt, civic body come together to give the 17th century structure an attractive makeover
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Besides heaps of garbage blocking its entrance, areas inside the fort, too, are littered with trash, while its walls have been dirtied with messages and love notes. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar
There are big plans for the long-neglected Sewri Fort, built way back in the 17th century, as government agencies have united to give the historical structure a makeover. While the Directorate of Archaeology and Museums of the state will restore the heritage structure, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (the F-South ward office and heritage department) will illuminate it. It's the only public place in city offering a view of the flamingoes that are spotted in the mudflats between November and June.
The structure has not been maintained well with its entrance blocked by accumulated over months. Messages and love notes are engraved on its walls, and the dingy godowns used as storage by the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) are littered with cigarette butts, gutkha wrappers and other trash.
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