MUMBAI: A 200-meter-long tunnel has been discovered under a ward of the famous JJ Hospital in Maharashtra. This government hospital in Mumbai was built by the British. The surprising fact is that the tunnel was only discovered now in the 132-year-old building. Following a complaint of water leakage, officials were inspecting the nursing college building adjacent to the hospital. PWD engineers and security guards surveyed the building and found 1890 mentioned on the foundation stone.

"One end of this tunnel is closed. So we can't figure where it leads", resident medical officer Dr Arun Rathod told a news agency. The tunnel was found under a building which originally housed the Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit Hospital for Women and Children which was later converted into a nursing college.

The tunnel found is 4.5 feet high. The tunnel is supported by several brick pillars. The tunnel is closed on one side by a stone wall. The hospital staff say another British-era structure nearby has a similar structure to the tunneled hospital building. There are assumptions that these two buildings are connected by a tunnel. The building where the tunnel was discovered was constructed at a cost of Rs.1,19,351. It was inaugurated on March 15, 1892.