A 150-metre British-era Bunker spread over 5,000 square feet and has 13 rooms of different sizes has been discovered at Raj Bhavan. Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao has discovered the underground British era bunker inside the Raj Bhavan complex at Malabar Hill. Officials from Raj Bhavan said the bunker had been closed for several decades. Between 1820 and 1885, officials said, Britishers used the place as a hunting lodge. The bunker has a passageway that runs till the jetty at Raj Bhavan. They said they will need to dig into the history of the Raj Bhavan to cull out more information about it. The bunker opens with a 20-foot-tall gate and a ramp on the western side. There are long passages and small to medium rooms on either side.

There are also rooms bearing names like shell store, gun shell, cartridge store, shell lift, pump and workshop.  The Governor, who visited the bunker along with his wife and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Tuesday, has decided to consult experts from various fields regarding its preservation. “About three months ago, when the Governor was informed by old timers that a tunnel exists inside Raj Bhavan, the Governor asked to have it opened,” said an official. On August 12, the staff of the Public Works Department at Raj Bhavan broke open a temporary wall that closed the entrance to the bunker on the eastern side, the official said in a statement.