National Convenor of INTACH, General A.K Gupta(rtd) told that it is the responsibility of every citizen to preserve historic heritage. Hr told that in the name of developmental activities, historical monuments are being destroyed.
He was talking to media persons after the meeting of the A.P Chapter of INTACH . Because of the presence of tanks, lakes. Natural resources of forests and water, historical palaces, the conservation experts are forced to accord this state a special status.
It is necessary to preserve all these heritage structures to keep the younger generation informed about the history of the state. He told that London is cited as a historic city of the world but civic development has been undertaken keeping its cultural heritage in mind.
He further told that the motto of INTACH is to get Hyderabad city included as the best city of cultural heritage on the world map.
He told the all the 17 district conveners of INTACH to become active to preserve their cultural heritage.
In the end, he nominated Mr.Gopalakrishna IAS(Rtd) as the convenor of INTACH of A.P chapter. Mr. Gopalakrishna thanked him for his nomination. Co-convenor, Mr. Veda Kumar told on this occasion that Govt. is non-serious about the conservation of historical buildings in which Govt. offices have been housed.
He blamed the Department of Archaeology also for this kind of non-seriousness. He told that Govt. should allocate at least 5% of the property tax for the preservation of historic monuments for preserving our cultural heritage.
Dr.Rahimuddin Kemal, Mr. Sajjad Shahid and others attended the meeting.
–Siasatnews