{"id":718,"date":"2019-09-20T21:14:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T15:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/railsamachar.com\/english\/?p=718"},"modified":"2019-09-20T21:14:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T15:44:54","slug":"pm-turns-down-piyush-goyals-mischievous-plan-to-turn-csmt-into-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/railsamachar.com\/english\/?p=718","title":{"rendered":"PM turns down Piyush Goyal\u2019s mischievous plan to turn CSMT into museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Modi questioned the logic behind such mischievous projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Delhi:<\/strong>\u00a0Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned down<\/strong>\u00a0Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal\u2019s mischievous plan<\/strong>\u00a0to convert Mumbai\u2019s\u00a0Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus<\/strong>\u00a0(CSMT) into one of the first so-called world class museum-cum-railway stations in India, ministry sources said.<\/p>\n

The terminal was built over 10 years, starting in 1878. It was designed on the late medieval Italian models and it was elevated to the status of a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2004.<\/p>\n

MR Piyush Goyal had announced to convert the busy terminal into a ‘world-class museum’ during his visit there in November last year. During a meeting attended by Piyush Goyal and senior officers of the Railway Board on March 26,\u00a0Prime Minister Modi questioned the logic behind such ambitious projects,<\/strong>\u00a0the sources said.<\/p>\n

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The sources also said that the Railway Board including all officers and employees was also against Piyush Goyal\u2019s museum proposal, which could displace a lot of employees and it would be difficult to accommodate them somewhere else. Recognized both union of Central Railway and both labour Federation with all Zones of Indian Railways, too, had objected to it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"The Prime Minister is understood to have remarked on the lack of railway artifacts that could be showcased in the proposed museum, which, the sources said, were not enough. The bids for the Rs 250-million project was invited by Railway\u2019s subsidiary RITES, which likely received a response from top architectural conservation and building restoration firms.<\/p>\n

At least 13 companies have submitted expressions of interest to design the two floors of the terminal into a museum complex, the sources say. They indicated that the Prime Minister has also cast a shadow on Goyal\u2019s ambitious 100% electrification plan and handing over all OHE assets to the Powergrid Corporation on India and his efforts to modernize the train signaling system by bringing in a European model \u2013 all of which are now likely put on hold.<\/p>\n

Moreover,\u00a0Piyush Goyal wanted the Railways to hire more safai karmacharis<\/strong>\u00a0but has been asked to make do with the existing staff, the sources said. All the PMO\u2019s objections, they said, have now been published as minutes of the meeting and thus documented.<\/p>\n

During the meeting, the ministry was asked to concentrate on projects that are implementable. These projects had objections from the Railway Board, Zonal Railways and even in certain cases the Finance Ministry, the sources said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source: PTI<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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