Rajendra B. Aklekar rajendra. aklekar@ mid- day. com CENTRAL Railway ( CR) trade unions have threatened to revive their agitation at Mumbai CSMT ( Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) as Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has kept his pet project of converting the railway stationu2019s building into a heritage museum.
While an eminent conservation architect lamented the move, railway activists slammed Goyal for unnecessarily creating controversies.
u201c This latest move will only lead to further damage,u201d the volunteer said.
The project had been opposed tooth and nail by not just conservationists, city heritage enthusiasts, railway employees and their trade unions, but also by the descendants of the main buildingu2019s architect FW Stevens, after which the ministry had gone on the back foot and said they would reconsider the project.
mid- day had first reported in December 2017 about how Goyal, while taking rounds of the Mumbai CSMT station in November that year, had directed officials to convert the entire building into a museum. The Railways had then begun the process of vacating offices and had started hunting for suitable offices for the Central Railwayu2019s General Manager and his team.
Unions had staged a 21- day sit- in dharna against the plans at CSMT stationu2019s lobby. The CRMS had also planned a hunger strike unto death before the plan was called off.
CR trade unions threaten stir over CSMT museum plan Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had come up with the idea in 2017
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