India, Jan. 23 -- The Maharashtra government has decided to reduce the height of a new building being constructed in the Mantralaya garden for ministers following objections raised by the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC), according to officials aware of the developments.

The public works department (PWD) had originally planned a ground-plus-seven-storey structure, but the MHCC objected to the height, citing the site's location within south Mumbai's Art Deco precinct. So far, four slabs of the prefabricated structure have already been cast, officials said.

"We had planned a ground-plus-seven-storey building in the garden, but the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee has told us to construct a ground-plus-five-storey buildi...