Architexturez. wrote:
The CCPCG is upset with INTACH’s plan to build food courts, a garden and
toilets on the rear end of the Shivaji statue, which it says may hurt
people’s sentiments.
| the war has been won, predictably fought
| over toilets and hawkers, apparently in the view of
| the NGO/Politician and other para-practitioners,
| our cities comprise of only a few elements of this type
....approved an agreement with the Indian National Trust for Art and
Cultural Heritage (INTACH), which will be a consultant for the project.
....
NCP Standing Committee Member Ravindra Pawar, who had initially opposed
the beautification move, gave his nod after the toilet location issue
was sorted out.
‘‘The hawkers, parking spaces and disproportionately fenced garden area
leave inadequate space for visitors, depriving them of the beauty of the
plaza. But we will now support it,’’ said Pawar.
cont'd....
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=189246