Mumbai: Inauguration of the newly renovated byculla railway station – heritage restoration & beautification work. On 20th July, 2019 a huge project to restore the ancient heritage architecture of Byculla Railway station, one of India’s oldest stations ( 1853 – 169 years), began with a Bhoomi Poojan and inauguration by the then Hon’ble Railway Minister Shri Piyush Goyal.
This project has been initiated by Ms Shaina NC Trustee, I LOVE MUMBAI, in loving memory of her father Ex Sheriff of Mumbai and Founder of I Love Mumbai and Giants International, late Padmashree Nana Chudasama with the support of BAJAJ TRUST GROUPS, and ABHA NARAIN LAMBAH ASSOCIATES, as their CSR initiative. With the guidance and cooperation of CENTRAL RAILWAY STAFF and the then General Manager Shri D K Sharma, Divisional Railway Manager Shri S K Jain and the team of Central Railway officials.
Mrs Minal Bajaj and Mr Niraj Bajaj of Bajaj Group and Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation funded this huge restoration project of over Rs.4 crore.
Heritage Conservation Architect Abha Narain Lambah graciously consented to do the project PRO BONO as their CSR initiative in honour of our city of Mumbai therefore the Inauguration of the newly renovated byculla railway station
The task of the entire planning and execution has been completed and they have restored the Byculla Railway Station to its original, ancient, heritage architecture with excellence.
The project was to be completed in 18 months, however, due to the pandemic, it has taken 3 years for this huge project to take shape. We are grateful for the committed efforts of the contractor Qais Construction and the cooperation and support of our Central Railway officials.
Ms. Shaina NC has presented a docket of the progress of this project with before and after pictures to our Honourable Minister of Railways, Communications, Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw and has requested him to grace the occasion with his august presence and ceremonially inaugurate the Renovated Byculla Railway Station in it’s Heritage, Architectural glory.
The ceremonial inauguration of the project is on Friday, 29th April 2022 at 12 noon at Byculla Railway Station, Platform No.1, in the presence of our leaders and distinguished personalities.
