Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) would turn India United Mill 2 and 3 into a textile museum, at Girangaon in two years to showcase the history of city's textile mills.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) would turn India United Mill 2 and 3 into a textile museum, at Girangaon in two years to showcase the history of city's textile mills.
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"We want to make it a tourist attraction. We will retain the structure, we would just enhance its beauty keeping in mind the significance of the mill and the activities carried out by the mill workers. People should also know about the history," said Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak.
The mill is spread across 61,056.89 sq metres and is in Kalachowkie in the heart of Central Mumbai's Irangaon area.
"The work has just begun and it will take maximum of two years. The matter is yet to be decided in detail in the standing committee including the budget," said Additional Municipal Commissioner (city) RA Rajeev.
For 2009-2010 the civic body has allocated Rs 10-crore for developing the museum and the Centre has promised to provide Rs 15-crore.
"The heritage committee will identify the heritage structure within the mill premises. The civic body will then appoint a consultant for the beautification of the open ground and another for building textile museum," said Rajeev.
Certain structures within the mill such as the chimneys, machinery among other things which have been declared as heritage structures will be preserved," said Rajeev.
The BMC have taken the land from National Textile Corporation (NTC). The Kalachowkie mill is part of a family of six mills set up by Mumbai's most famous Jewish family, the Sasoons.
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