"Like other international cities that promote their botanical gardens, Bombay too can now take pride in and acknowledge its very own sole heritage botanical garden,” Hutokshi Rustomfram, founder-trustee, Save Rani Bagh Botanical Garden Foundation told Parsiana. Additionally, the trustee stated that "responding to the representation made by the Foundation, the Development Plan 2014-34 for Bombay has accorded due importance and recognition to the park.”
The Foundation’s efforts paid off in 2022, when the Development Plan officially designated the site as a botanical garden with the Bombay Municipal Council (BMC) adding the word "botanical” to the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo.......