Gilbert Hill was interestingly much bigger but sadly urbanisation and constant quarrying has eaten away at the edifice of this monolith. The hill has incidentally been declared a National Geological Monument. The hill is home to two temples and is accessible via a steep staircase.The hill is closed to the public between 12 noon and 4p.m.
In Bombay, you take any space that is vacant and construct a concrete building on it. You don't care if the plot next to you hosts a 65 million years old monolith!! You sim[ly build a skyscraper of apartments and then charhe a hefty premium for the view you get outside your window!! Recently, the High Court has passed an order banning all construction activity round the monolith. And this only because of a recent landslide that chopped off a portion of the monolith. Of what use is legislation when the damage has already been done?
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