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Bhandup Salt Works Tramway
'''Bombay Municipal Corporation Conservancy Tramways'''


The Bhandup Salt Pans are spread across 500 acres within the municipality of Bombay. The marsh lands were under the control of the Bombay Presidency Salt Department <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhandup Wikipedia "Bhandup"]; Retrieved 17 Mar 2017</ref><ref>[https://pixelvoyages.com/2015/03/06/bhandup-salt-pans-mumbai/ Pixel Voyages "Bhandaup Salt Pans"]; Retrieved 17 Mar 2017</ref>.


In 1921-22 the records show that the salt works were leased to 'Jamasji Battiwala, Dubash & Co' and at that time the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) constructed a new siding for the removal of salt from three newly worked plots of the works <ref name =darvill>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at  http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference:  Entry MH37 page ....</ref>.
'''Bombay Municipal Corporation'''
<br>The Corporation was created in 1865 and was responsible for infrastructure improvements in the city - new roads, drainage systems, water supplies, waste disposal and housing projects. In 1888 it was declared the governing administration for the city with the Municipal Commissioner as chief executive.


'''[[Bombay City Improvement Trust Railways|Bombay City Improvement Trust]]''' ''(see seperate page)''
<br> The Trust was created on December 9, 1898, in response to the Bombay plague epidemic of 1896. It was created through an Act of the Parliament. The Municipal Corporation and the government handed over all vacant lands to this body.


'''Bombay City Rubbish Disposal up to 1876'''
<br>For some time prior to 1865 the city rubbish was transported by rail to a disposal area at Chembur, 9 miles(15km) north-east of the city centre, this site being east of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) mainline 


 
[[Kurla(Kerala)-Chembur Railway]]
 
 
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== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Tramways]]
[[Category:Industrial Railways]]

Revision as of 07:58, 17 March 2017

Bombay Municipal Corporation Conservancy Tramways


Bombay Municipal Corporation
The Corporation was created in 1865 and was responsible for infrastructure improvements in the city - new roads, drainage systems, water supplies, waste disposal and housing projects. In 1888 it was declared the governing administration for the city with the Municipal Commissioner as chief executive.

Bombay City Improvement Trust (see seperate page)
The Trust was created on December 9, 1898, in response to the Bombay plague epidemic of 1896. It was created through an Act of the Parliament. The Municipal Corporation and the government handed over all vacant lands to this body.

Bombay City Rubbish Disposal up to 1876
For some time prior to 1865 the city rubbish was transported by rail to a disposal area at Chembur, 9 miles(15km) north-east of the city centre, this site being east of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) mainline

Kurla(Kerala)-Chembur Railway

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