After much controversy over the decisions and functioning of the Bhau Daji Lad museum in Byculla, the BMC on Tuesday announced that it is planning to take more control. This has raised a question mark over the future role of its director Tasneem Zakaria Mehta. A new trust headed by the mayor will look after the affairs of the museum now and it will consist of civic officials. A new proposal detailing the trust’s framework will be tabled before the corporators in a month. Whether Mehta will remain a member of the trust is still unclear.

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