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ASI to launch ₹2.4-cr project to revive Zafar Mahal's water tank
Hindustan Times Gurugram
|November 06, 2025
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will soon undertake the revival of the water tank surrounding the Zafar Mahal — a red sandstone water pavilion, built by the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar in 1842. Located inside the Red Fort premises, Zafar Mahal is one of the last monuments built by the Mughals.
Apart from this, the agency will also begin work to rejuvenate fountains and illuminate the red sandstone pavilion, as well as restore the inner cells on the northern side of the Red Fort, said an ASI official who asked not to be named. Work on removal of existing concrete layers of the tank has already begun and restoration is likely to be completed in the five months. It will cost an estimated ₹2.4 crore.
Constructed as a summer palace, Zafar Mahal was built in the Hayat Baksh Bagh (life giver garden) — built by Shah Jahan during the construction of the Red Fort — and is one of the largest gardens in the fort.
This story is from the November 06, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Gurugram.
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