Conserving tapestry of heritage: Need for a comprehensive act to safeguard ancient buildings
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Conserving tapestry of heritage: Need for a comprehensive act to safeguard ancient buildings

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu boasts of a deep-rooted heritage culture. The Madras High Court’s recent intervention to enforce the Tamil Nadu Heritage Commission Act of 2012 has brought to the fore the need to make comprehensive heritage management a ground reality. But constituting a heritage commission and framing statutory rules would go a long way in protecting buildings that are in disuse and in dire need of conservation across Tamil Nadu and also hold owners of private heritage property owners accountable for heritage revival. While some aspects of the West Bengal Heritage Commission Act, 2001 are said to have been incorporated in the Tamil Nadu Heritage Commission Act, comprehensive laws providing legal framework in other States such as West Bengal and Telangana show the path for sustainable heritage conservation. While the PWD is confident that the State Heritage Commission would help fine tune its work, the act must be enforced with technical and financial support as well as with experts drawn from various quarters.

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Archaeology Dept. recommends notifying 181 monuments as protected across Karnataka
1 year, 2 months ago

Archaeology Dept. recommends notifying 181 monuments as protected across Karnataka

The Hindu  

The State’s inventory of monuments protected by the Karnataka Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1961, is set to witness an upward revision for the first time in decades. The Department of Archaeology Museums and Heritage has recommended to the government to notify 181 monuments across the State as protected under the KAMASR Act, 1961. At …

Conservationists urge Puducherry Planning Authority to conduct fresh listing of heritage buildings
1 year, 3 months ago

Conservationists urge Puducherry Planning Authority to conduct fresh listing of heritage buildings

The Hindu  

An informal collective of heritage conservationists and urban designers has raised objections to a draft of listed heritage buildings, placed in the public domain by the Puducherry Planning Authority, prior to notifying them as heritage structures. In a letter addressed to the Member Secretary of PPA, the collective, comprising of civil society activists and urban designers who have been involved …

Heritage activists seek conservation of Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building
1 year, 9 months ago

Heritage activists seek conservation of Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building

The Hindu  

Heritage activists in the city staged a demonstration on Thursday and sought the government’s intervention in conservation of two landmark buildings of Mysuru. Though Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building are awaiting restoration since more than a decade, nothing has been done towards their conservation. The MGP said Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, a member of the erstwhile royal family of Mysuru, had …

Draft Bill vests powers entirely in Geological Survey of India, say experts
1 year, 10 months ago

Draft Bill vests powers entirely in Geological Survey of India, say experts

The Hindu  

A draft Bill, aimed at protecting India’s geological heritage that includes fossils, sedimentary rocks, natural structures, has raised alarm in India’s geo-sciences and palaeontology community. The draft Geo-heritage Sites and Geo-relics Bill, 2022, while deemed necessary by several researchers, vests powers entirely in the Geological Survey of India, a 170-year-old organisation that comes under the Ministry of Mines. Provisions of …

Visakhapatnam: INTACH welcomes draft Bill on preservation, protection and maintenance of geo-heritage sites
1 year, 11 months ago

Visakhapatnam: INTACH welcomes draft Bill on preservation, protection and maintenance of geo-heritage sites

The Hindu  

For the first time since Independence, the Union government has prepared a draft Bill on the preservation, protection and maintenance of geo-heritage sites. People can respond through the email: [email protected] Welcoming the draft Bill, adviser to the Geo-Heritage Cell of INTACH and former professor of Geology, Andhra University, D. Rajasekhar Reddy, said that India has been a party to the …

Initiative to broaden citizens’ role in heritage conservation
1 year, 11 months ago

Initiative to broaden citizens’ role in heritage conservation

The Hindu  

An initiative will be taken to broaden the involvement of citizens of Mysuru in the conservation of heritage and monuments. He said experts will also be roped in from outside to enhance the expertise of the committee which will also bring pressure on the government to take measures to conserve the built heritage of Mysuru. But the meeting surmised that …

A holistic heritage conservation plan
1 year, 11 months ago

A holistic heritage conservation plan

The Hindu  

Five years after the Telangana government brought in a new Heritage Act and scrapped protection for dozens of heritage sites, it appears to have changed tack. Last year, Ramappa temple near Warangal was given the UNESCO World Heritage site tag after India mounted a diplomatic offensive to ensure the coveted status for the 13th century temple. Two other sites — …

Review 32 out of 75 directions on preserving architectural heritage, State tells High Court
3 years ago

Review 32 out of 75 directions on preserving architectural heritage, State tells High Court

The Hindu  

The State Government on Monday preferred a review application urging the Madras High Court to modify, clarify or reconsider 32 out of the 75 directions it had issued on June 7 on a batch of cases, including a suo motu public interest litigation petition it had taken up in 2015 to preserve the architectural heritage of the State. Audikesavalu, which …

Heritage school, college buildings to be protected monuments in Kerala
3 years, 2 months ago

Heritage school, college buildings to be protected monuments in Kerala

Hindustan Times  

The heritage buildings of schools and colleges, constructed during the pre-independence period, will be declared as protected monuments in Kerala, state Minister for Museum and Archaeology, said on Thursday. At least one century-old building, having historic, archaeological and artistic significance, will be considered for that," Kerala Minister for Museum and Archaeology, Ahammad Devarkovil told the state Assembly. "Steps will be …

UNESCO tag a wake-up call for Telangana govt
3 years, 4 months ago

UNESCO tag a wake-up call for Telangana govt

New Indian Express  

The state government’s record in conserving and protecting monuments is far from satisfactory. There are 137 buildings under its protection while the ASI takes care of eight monuments including Ramappa, Charminar and the Thousand Pillar temple in Warangal. The state government, in 2019, tried to pull down 150-yearold Errum Manzil Palace in Hyderabad for the construction of a new Assembly …

Delhi Master Plan for heritage sector addresses safety and lack of infrastructure, in bid to foster vibrant public realm in capital
3 years, 6 months ago

Delhi Master Plan for heritage sector addresses safety and lack of infrastructure, in bid to foster vibrant public realm in capital

Firstpost  

According to the plan, location of all heritage assets that are maintained by respective agencies, shall be integrated with the GIS-based Delhi Spatial Information System. New Delhi: Integrating locations of all heritage assets with GIS based information system, extended timings for hotels and restaurants, preparing a comprehensive cultural resource management plan and setting up of heritage cells are among the …

Madras High Court Stresses Need To Preserve Ancient Cultural Heritage; Passes 75 Directions
3 years, 6 months ago

Madras High Court Stresses Need To Preserve Ancient Cultural Heritage; Passes 75 Directions

Live Law  

While issuing a set of directions for the preservation of ancient temples and monouments in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court has waxed eloquent about the richness of the cultural heritage of Tamil Nadu and the need to pass it on to the future generation with all its grandeur preserved. "The Heritage Commission shall identify all the structures, monuments, temples, …

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