Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Saturday, Oct 05, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Saturday, Oct 05, 2002 |
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Tourism Renovation of fort walls begins Our Bureau
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Oct. 4 THE Minister for Water Resources and Culture, Mr T.M. Jacob, has launched conservation work on the stretch of fort walls surrounding the Sree Padmanabhaswami Temple and other antiquated structures in the East Fort area of the State Capital. The State Government has sanctioned Rs 85 lakh for the first phase of the conservation work.The three-and-a-half-km stretch of the fort walls encircling the well-known temple and several other ancient buildings around the complex would be beautified under this scheme. An expert committee headed by the Secretary, Cultural Affairs, and with Director-Archaeology, Director-Tourism, the Chief Town Planner and representatives of the erstwhile Travancore royal family and Intach as members, had recommended the conservation work to the State Government. The square-shaped fort wall, with a perimeter measuring about 11,320 feet, is built with a mixture of granite, laterite, brick and mud.The renovation work has been planned in such a manner that will ensure no recourse to cement or any other modern building materials. Major thrust will be given to clearing and restoration of the ramparts, construction of a granite-paved footpath and landscaping in the first phase of the conservation work. The fort is a protected monument of the Archaeology Department as per the Kerala Ancient Monument and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1968, but a major portion of the fort wall has been disfigured and defaced. A daunting task before the authorities is the eviction of encroachers at 12 different places in the immediate precincts of the fort. Already, 38 illegal occupants have been identified from the inside and outside of the Pazhavangadi section of the fort, 48 from near the West Fort Hospital and 24 around the West Fort.
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