I-Victorian Gothic kanye ne-Art Deco Ensemble yase-Mumbai imenyezelwe njengeNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba yi-UNESCO eManama, e-Bahrain. Lesi sinqumo sithathwe emhlanganweni wama-42 weKomidi Lamagugu Omhlaba le-UNESCO eManama eBahrain. Njengoba kunconywe iKomidi Lamagugu Omhlaba, i-India yamukele ukuqanjwa kabusha kweqoqo njenge-“Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai”.
Lokhu kwenza idolobha laseMumbai libe idolobha lesibili eNdiya ngemva kwe-Ahmedabad ukubhaliswa ohlwini lwamagugu omhlaba. Eminyakeni engu-5 edlule iyodwa, i-India ikwazile ukubhala izindawo/iziza zayo eziyisikhombisa ohlwini lwamagugu omhlaba lwe-UNESCO. I-India manje inemibhalo egciniwe Yamagugu Omhlaba engama-37 enezindawo ezingama-29 Zamasiko, eziyi-07 Zemvelo kanye nezingu-01 Ezixubile. Ngenkathi i-India isendaweni yesibili ngobukhulu ngesibalo ngemuva kweChina ngokwenani lezindawo ezingamaGugu Omhlaba esifundeni sase-ASPAC (e-Asia nasePacific), ingeyesithupha emhlabeni jikelele.
Kulo mzuzu oyingqopha-mlando, uNgqongqoshe Wezamasiko Wenhlangano Yezwe (I/c) uDkt. Mahesh Sharma uhalalisele izakhamuzi zase-Mumbai kanye nezwe lonke ngale mpumelelo eyingqophamlando. Esitatimendeni sakhe, uNgqongqoshe uthe ukuhlonishwa komhlaba wonke endaweni yamagugu yedolobha laseMumbai kuyindaba yokuziqhenya okukhulu esizweni futhi kuzothuthukisa umnotho wasekhaya ngezindlela eziningi. Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi le mpumelelo kulindeleke ukuthi inikeze umkhakha wezokuvakasha wasekhaya nowamazwe ngamazwe okuholela ekwandeni kokukhiqizwa kwamathuba omsebenzi, ukwakhiwa kwengqalasizinda esezingeni lomhlaba kanye nokwengezwa kokudayiswa kwemisebenzi yezandla yakuleli, izintambo zezandla kanye nezikhumbuzo zamagugu.
Inyuvesi yaseMumbai njengengxenye yeVictorian Gothic kanye ne-Art Deco Ensemble yaseMumbai.
I-Ensemble iqukethe izitayela ezimbili zezakhiwo, iqoqo lekhulu le-19 lezakhiwo ze-Victorian kanye nezakhiwo ze-Art Deco zekhulu lama-20 eduze nolwandle, ezihlanganiswe ngendawo evulekile yomlando ye-Oval Maidan. Ndawonye, leli qoqo lezakhiwo limelela iqoqo eliphawuleka kakhulu lezakhiwo ze-Victorian ne-Art Deco emhlabeni, okwakha uhlamvu oluyingqayizivele lwalesi silungiselelo sasemadolobheni, esingenakuqhathaniswa emhlabeni.
I-Ensemble iqukethe izakhiwo ezingama-94 ngokuyinhloko imvuselelo ye-Victorian Gothic yekhulu le-19 kanye nesitayela sezakhiwo sasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20 ne-Oval Maidan phakathi nendawo. Izakhiwo ze-Victorian zekhulu le-19 ziyingxenye yendawo enkulu ye-Fort esempumalanga ye-Oval Maidan. Lezi zakhiwo zomphakathi zihlanganisa i-Old Secretariat (1857-74), i-University Library kanye neHholo Lomhlangano (1874-78), iNkantolo Ephakeme yaseBombay (1878), iHhovisi Lomnyango Wezemisebenzi Yomphakathi (1872), Watson's Hotel (1869), David Sasoon Library. (1870), i-Elphinstone College (1888), njll.
Izakhiwo ezenziwe ngesitayela se-Art Deco ezisentshonalanga ye-Oval Maidan zakhuliswa ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20 ezindaweni ezisanda kutholwa ku-Marine Drive futhi zazifanekisela ukushintsha kwenkulumo ukumela izifiso zamanje.
