The Elephanta Island Project

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In Focus

Reviewed by DraftCraft on October 26, 2017 Rating: 5

Barring ‘Outsiders’ Doing Business

“We will not let outsiders do business on Elephanta Island,” warns erstwhile Sarpanch Rajendra Padte who, on his part, rubbishes his presen...
Discretionary checks to Elephanta Island

It isn’t rare to find the launch service provider refusing to sell tickets to ‘single men’ or ‘single women’ entirely on whim citing, and o...
Basics remain out of reach for Islanders

Now, the 20 lakh footfalls per annum on the island are set to increase with the spurt in promotional activities and India’s longest rope-wa...
Smitten by tourism, locals risk life, limb

“During the monsoons, the sea enters our homes and the view our home provides tourists is spectacular. It’s like living under a waterfall,”...
Acute Paucity of Toilets, Potable Water

Interestingly, while the Forest Department is yet expected to identify and provide a place for the construction of toilets for tourists aft...
Elephanta Island’s ‘elephant’ stands refurbished at city zoo

By Gajanan Khergamker A basalt sculpture of an elephant, once monolithic, stuck in a dozen places, stands awkwardly in an enclosure at th...
Hazards Galore

As tourists embark from the launches transporting them from Gateway of India at Mumbai onto Elephanta’s spanking new jetty (an old one has ...
Stark absence of medical facilities

The Gram Panchayat charges everyone a fee to enter the island: A seemingly-innocuous sum of Rs 5 per person that translates into a whopping...