‘Bombay’ being a city conjured up from the salt flats, isolated islands and marshes, has witnessed over time, its ever changing demographics due to the reclamation. ‘South Bombay Peninsula’ we know today, was a reclamation concluded by East India company built as it was thought to have been submerged in the sea between the original seven islands. Worli was a island that was connected to the main island of ‘Bombay’ in 1784 with the completion of Hornby Vellard, now known as Lala Lajpat Rai Road. The Love Grove pumping Station completed its construction in 1842 , with special mitre gates to be opened during low tide. The pumping station had bungalows for the administrative heads which today is replaced by Atria Mall.
