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DESCRIBE THE LAND RECLAMATION IN BOMBAY.
The earliest project of land reclamation began in 1784, it was approved by the
Bombay governor William Hornby. Under this project, the great sea
wall was built to prevent the flooding of the low lying areas of Bombay.  As the population of Bombay was on the rise, the need for commercial space was increasing,it led to the formulation of several plans, both by govt. and private companies, for the reclamation of more land from the sea. In 1864 , the Back Bay Reclamation Company won the right to reclaim the Western foreshore from the tip of Malabar hill to the end of Colaba.The hills around Bombay were leveled.  A successful reclamation project was undertaqkem by the Bombay Port Trust, which built a dry dock between 1914 and 1918 , subsequently , the famous Marine Drive of Bombay was developed.


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