Vadodara: The days of this heritage structure that once acted as a symbol of royalties during the Gaekwadi era were numbered.
The historical train warehouse used for home life, eating and bedroom bogies trains which used to be the ruler of Baroda Maharaja Ijira Gaekwad III used to travel to Bombay will soon be destroyed to pave the way for a new station for the Bullet Ahmedabad-Mumbai train.
Source in the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) that applies a bullet train project confirm that the structure will be destroyed.
In fact, the number seven platform and housing and commercial companies near the Pandya bridge have been destroyed for the project.
The railway warehouse has been covered with a long green shade net that shows that the building will soon be dropped.
“The railway warehouse is in footprints from the proposed HSR Vadodara station.
The structure is in a dilapidated condition and is also unsafe because of the proximity to walking the train and road traffic.
At present, the NHSRCL has sent applications for ownership and approval being in process with Competent authority, “said Spokesman NHSCL Sushma Gaur to Ti.
Ironically, the plan to provide a facelift to a dilapidated structure is prepared twice.
In 2009, Barodian was told that the historic train warehouse would be converted to the Heritage City Museum which would be ready in 2010.
The district government was then led by the Collector of the Vijay Nehra District, The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) and the city-based heritage heritage has issued a Draft MoU Imagine that using RS 1 Crore from MP funds and other RS 1 Crore from the Collectorate District, the dilapidated building will be restored, a new extension will be carried out together with a luxurious interior to turn it into a museum.
The plan is to build a city museum in such a way that it accommodates five galleries along with the road that divides the building in two parts with three galleries on the ground and two at the top level.
But the proposal was no progress until 2015 when the district collector at that time Avantika Singh tried to revive the project with Roping in a donor company but everything was in vein.
“In fact, the Society Heritage Vadodara was formed by former Collector Avantika Singh.
It includes all stakeholders in the management and conservation of inheritance as well as the main guards of the city heritage built in the city including the train, VMC, among others.
Unfortunately, the file was buried somewhere Between Kothi Kacheri and Khanderao markets, “said Sameer Khera, President Heritage Trust.
Gaekwad the railroad era is shown to make a road for the train bullet
