Chhatrapati Shivaji built a powerful Navy that consolidated the Maratha empire. But, it seems his followers and those behind the idea of a marine memorial for him have much to learn about the sea. The tragedy that left a person dead at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Memorial site, has revived a demand to shift the ambitious Rs 2,800-crore project on land in the city.

Incidentally, one of the largest and most influential organisations that reveres Shivaji, the Maratha Seva Sangh, has made the demand, as also an urban activist who has been writing to the government and politicians, to think about the marine project, which could be unviable.