In a significant step toward protecting India's cultural and environmental heritage, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), in collaboration with the World Monuments Fund India (WMFI) and the TCS Foundation, has successfully completed the conservation work of Rajon ki Baoli, a 16th- cent
Delhi Lieutenant Governor LG Saxena unveiled restored heritage structures at Mehrauli Archaeological Park on Friday, informed Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in a press release.
Lt Governor Saxena said, "Within 6 to 7 months, this place has transformed. People of Delhi deserve good places where they can spend leisure time with their family and we are making all efforts to revive heritage places." The cost of the project is approximately Rs 2.6 crore.
Delhi LG VK Saxena today visited the Mehrauli Archaeological Park and Sanjay Van and took stock of the restoration works being undertaken at these sites by Delhi Development Authority (DDA), in cooperation with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
The DDA had initiated a large-scale demolition of homes in the Ladha Sarai village under the pretext of a disputed demarcation of the Mehrauli Archaeological Park. The move left hundreds of persons without shelter or basic amenities.
A drive to clear unauthorized encroachments on Government land, that houses protected ASI monuments among others, has been started by the Delhi Development Authority from February 10 in co-ordination with Delhi Police at Ladha Sarai Village falling in Mehrauli Archaeological Park, said a