<P> The Bombay City Improvement Trust ( BIT ) was created on December 9 , 1898 , in response to the Mumbai plague epidemic of 1896 . It was created through an Act of the Parliament . The Municipal Corporation and the government handed over all vacant lands to this body . The CIT undertook a host of measures to improve sanitary and living conditions in the city . The planned opening up of suburbs was due to the Trust . </P>
<P> The Bombay City Improvement Trust ( BIT ) was created on December 9 , 1898 , in response to the Mumbai plague epidemic of 1896 . It was created through an Act of the Parliament . The Municipal Corporation and the government handed over all vacant lands to this body . The CIT undertook a host of measures to improve sanitary and living conditions in the city . The planned opening up of suburbs was due to the Trust . </P>
when was the city of bombay improvement trust established
when was the city of bombay improvement trust established
December 9 , 1898
December 9 , 1898