New Delhi, February 23: Dismantling nearly 100 unwanted structures and unclogging the wide network of underground drains across Red Fort complex are top on priority as conservationists set forth on a massive project to revamp Delhi’s historic site.
The elaborate Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan (CCMP) for the Red Fort, prepared by the Archaeological Survey of India in collaboration with Cultural Resource Conservation Initiative is finally set to be implemented on the ground.
The project that is scheduled to begin its implementation phase in April this year is a long-term project but the ASI hopes to carry out some initial sprucing up of one of India’s most revered historical site ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
To begin with, the ASI plans to dismantle as many as 100 unnecessary structures and buildings that were not originally part of the complex but came up later during the post Mughal period.
—-PTI