Prayagraj: Renovation and beautification work of Prayagraj Prayagraj Junction in UPthat will provide facilities like airport Has started for passengers.
However, as land for the construction of new hi-tech buildings And the circulating area is being prepared, many old constructions around the junction are being demolished.
In the process, some buildings – which are more than 100 years old and which speak of a rich legacy of past glorious history associated with one of the oldest stations in the country – have also come under scanner and stand a chance Being broken if not protected.
The most prominent of these structures is the chimney of the Steam Engine Maintenance and Repair Workshop which was built in 1882 and was located opposite platform number 6 on the Civil Lines side of Prayagraj Junction.
The foundation of Prayagraj (or Allahabad as it was known earlier) station was laid by the British in 1855 and the first train operated using this station in 1859.
Significantly, the Prayagraj Junction The redevelopment is to be done in two phases at a cost of Rs 936.4 crore.
An area of about 20,483 square meters will be renovated by 2026, providing best-in-class facilities to train passengers.
Now local political leaders and defenders of heritage sites have come forward and raised their objections against the said demolition, demanding that the railways should protect these buildings while redeveloping the junction.
As much hue and cry is created over the issue of what will be demolished and what will remain, North Central Railway has categorically stated that there is no heritage site or structure, which preserves the rich history of this 165 year old station . The country will collapse.
“We are very clear on the agenda of preserving our heritage and the development that will go hand in hand and thus the old chimney or any other structure, which is associated with the history of this station, will not be demolished but will be preserved.” the same,” said the Chief Public Relations Officer of NCR Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay talking to TOI.
He said that Railways has always been a treasure house of history.
However, politicians and agencies concerned with the protection of heritage sites have also raised their demands for the protection of these structures.
BJP MP from Allahabad, Rita Bahuguna Joshi has written a letter to the Ministry of Railways demanding to save the heritage.
The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has also submitted a report proposing to convert the old locomotive workshop, old hospital complex and choral club of the railway into an interactive railway museum, gallery. There has been a demand to decorate the running room, locomotive factory and chimneys as heritage.
Vaibhav Maini, Joint Secretary, Prayagraj Chapter of INTACH tweeted, “The city has been an important part of Indian Railways since its inception. It is expected that listed and unlisted railway heritage assets will be restored and adaptively reused.
However, as land for the construction of new hi-tech buildings And the circulating area is being prepared, many old constructions around the junction are being demolished.
In the process, some buildings – which are more than 100 years old and which speak of a rich legacy of past glorious history associated with one of the oldest stations in the country – have also come under scanner and stand a chance Being broken if not protected.
The most prominent of these structures is the chimney of the Steam Engine Maintenance and Repair Workshop which was built in 1882 and was located opposite platform number 6 on the Civil Lines side of Prayagraj Junction.
The foundation of Prayagraj (or Allahabad as it was known earlier) station was laid by the British in 1855 and the first train operated using this station in 1859.
Significantly, the Prayagraj Junction The redevelopment is to be done in two phases at a cost of Rs 936.4 crore.
An area of about 20,483 square meters will be renovated by 2026, providing best-in-class facilities to train passengers.
Now local political leaders and defenders of heritage sites have come forward and raised their objections against the said demolition, demanding that the railways should protect these buildings while redeveloping the junction.
As much hue and cry is created over the issue of what will be demolished and what will remain, North Central Railway has categorically stated that there is no heritage site or structure, which preserves the rich history of this 165 year old station . The country will collapse.
“We are very clear on the agenda of preserving our heritage and the development that will go hand in hand and thus the old chimney or any other structure, which is associated with the history of this station, will not be demolished but will be preserved.” the same,” said the Chief Public Relations Officer of NCR Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay talking to TOI.
He said that Railways has always been a treasure house of history.
However, politicians and agencies concerned with the protection of heritage sites have also raised their demands for the protection of these structures.
BJP MP from Allahabad, Rita Bahuguna Joshi has written a letter to the Ministry of Railways demanding to save the heritage.
The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has also submitted a report proposing to convert the old locomotive workshop, old hospital complex and choral club of the railway into an interactive railway museum, gallery. There has been a demand to decorate the running room, locomotive factory and chimneys as heritage.
Vaibhav Maini, Joint Secretary, Prayagraj Chapter of INTACH tweeted, “The city has been an important part of Indian Railways since its inception. It is expected that listed and unlisted railway heritage assets will be restored and adaptively reused.