Kanyakumari :

Four years after the state-of-the-art multifunctional railway complex building at Kanyakumari station was constructed, the structure came to life on Sunday. The building includes a wax museum and other amenities.

Constructed at a cost of around Rs 2 crore, the 4,000 sq ft building was supposed to host various commercial establishments for passengers to spend their time. Unfortunately, there were not many takers and it started becoming a den of beggars and stray dogs without any use.

Due to the efforts of railway officials, the Wonderwax Wax Museum functioning in a nearby theme park was moved to the building. It also hosts a multi-cuisine restaurant, ice cream parlour, juice shop and public inquiry booth.

The wax museum hosts nearly 10 life images of various personalities like Mahatma Gandhi, A P J Abdul Kalam, Mother Teresa, Albert Einstein, Barrack Obama, Pope John Paul II, Manmohan Singh and Rabindranath Tagore. The realistic images are placed in small cubicles and museum authorities are planning to provide audio ambience in the coming days.

“The wax museum and restaurant will be useful to railway passengers and will attract lot of visitors,” a railway official said. The building has also got ample parking facility, he said.

Kanyakumari District Rail Users Association secretary, P Edward Jeni said that it was an added attraction to the station that handles thousands of passengers. “We are glad that railways’ has utilised the building for some good purpose,” he said.

During his recent visit to Madurai division, general manager of Southern Railway, Vashishta Johri said that they are finding out methods to utilise such unused buildings.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Madurai / by J. Arockiaraj, TNN /July 28th, 2015