The recent discovery of Flora Fountain’s woes, as highlighted in this newspaper, once again puts the spotlight on the state of affairs with some of the city’s historic landmarks

Sir PM comforts a downcast Lady Flora, who was recently in the news for all the wrong reasons. This was the first time since our sutradhaars started their midnight stroll, over 14 years ago, that he saw her in such an avatar. Illustration/Uday Mohite

Lady Flora looked distraught. She was in the news, and for all the wrong reasons. Sir PM treaded cautiously towards her pedestal. It was the first time since they started their midnight stroll, over 14 years ago, that he saw her in this downcast avatar. This newspaper broke the news about the stoppage of water from the fountain’s spouts, and that stagnant water with algae had accumulated in its basins. This was the condition of the city’s most famous fountain for nearly two weeks. The reason for the neglect was that the structure had no maintenance contractor despite conservation work having been undertaken by the BMC some years ago. After the Page 1 reportage, the civic body swung into action and ensured the heritage........

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