2000 AD
Punjab tourism year : Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpaye has designated year 2000 AD as 'Visit Punjab Tourism Year' in order to bring Punjab on the world map of tourism.
- Awarded today, demolished tomorrow
A three hundred year old building that won a National Heritage Award from the Delhi Development Authority in 1993 has been partially demolished, because the management wanted to build an annexe there. The building is an old madarsa started in 1703 by Ghazi Uddin, a defence advisor to Emperor Aurangzeb.
5,000-yr-old reservoir unearthed
The archaeological department has found five thousand-year-old remains of one of the biggest man-made reservoir near Dholavira village in the border district of Kutch recently.
Minister for amending Nagarpalika Act
The Union Minister for Urban Development, Mr. Bandaru Dattatreya, said the Nagarpalika Act should be amended to give more powers to local bodies. He told press persons that a mayors' meeting would be convened soon to discuss various issues including enlightening the local bodies on various financial assistance available to …
Orissa's ancient stones waste away
Orissa's ancient temple stones, some of which date to millions-of-years-old Gondwanaland, are vulnerable to erosion and decay, warns a report. Gondwanaland, regarded as the mother of all continents, was an ancient landmass that is believed to have fragmented and drifted into the present-day continents millions of years ago. Temples of …
National heritage regulation policy mooted
A national heritage regulation policy, along the lines of the one adopted by the Maharashtra Government in Mumbai, and, more recently, by Andhra Pradesh in Hyderabad, has been mooted by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) whose role would be to provide technology and finance to …
New society for heritage
A Society for Protection of Heritage and Culture has been formed to save monuments from further destruction and to keep a close watch on illegal exports of antiques. President of the SPHC Usha Kumar said the organisation would make efforts to see that the country's heritage was not tampered with.
Kochi meet to discuss global tourism code
The thirty-sixth meeting of the World Tourism Organisation's Commission for South Asia,to be held in Kochi on April 23, will be discussing some aspects of the proposed Global Code of Ethics of Tourism which seeks to prevent undesirable social, cultural and environmental effects of tourism.
- Gaur monuments in danger
Archaeological remains of 15th century monuments in Gaur, the ancient capital of Bengal, are in grave danger from a flourishing racket in bricks removed from unprotected sites, according to ASI's superintending archaeologist (Bengal and Sikkim circle), Mr S B Ota.
- Rs 15 crore drinking water scheme approved
A special scheme with the estimated cost of Rs 15 crores has been approved for Guna to solve the drinking water problems of the citizens, on the completion of which the town would be relieved of the problems.
CAG raps Delhi Govt
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has passed strictures on the Delhi Government for wasteful expenditure, inefficient utilisation of funds and slippages in the performance on several fronts. It found that the performance of the Delhi Fire Service, the Delhi Trnasport Corporation and the Delhi Vidyut Board did …
RITES moots monitoring bodies to regulate urban tranport plans
The Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) has proposed the setting up of monitoring bodies to regulate urban transport plan in cities. For better coordination and planning, it also suggested that all investments in the urban tranport sector be routed through the proposed monitoring body, said a RITES survey, …
- Gujarat to build tunnel in sea to boost tourism
An ambitious plan has been prepared by the Gujarat Government to prepare a 90-feet deep tunnel in the Arabian sea on the Saurashtra coast to enable tourists to view the past glory of the ancient Dwaraka town now submerged in the sea.
-Duboroni finds may change history of Assam
Recent archaeological investigations and research undertaken by Gauhati University have brought about major changes in the political history of ancient Assam besides throwing new light on the social and cultural history of the NE region. This research on the "Art and Archaeology of the Doiyang-Dhansiri Valley of Assam from the …
ASI struggles hard to make Delhi 'tourist-friendly'
It seems as if the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the prime preserving agency for monuments of national and world heritage, had indeed got down to some serious work in Delhi region to make it "more tourist-friendly". Last week the ASI has taken up a conservation programme in the Meharauli …
MRTS project takes off
The first phase of the Mass Rapid Transport System for Delhi is finally off the ground with the managing director of the Delhi Metro Corporation firmly saddled in the driver's seat of this mega project.
Mumbai's heritage zones' will be documented by architects
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority proposes to commision a series of documentation studies of the city's heritage precincts, including the Bandra Village, Dadar's Khodadab Circle-Five Gardens area, Ballard Estate, Khotachiwadi, Gamdevi and Opera House. The studies, whose time-frame is six to 18 months, will be conducted by local architects …
Heritage movement comes to the rescue of vintage buildings in Gamdevi area
The heritage conservation movement in Mumbai has taken another step forward after a long lull with the urban heritage conservation committee finalising a set of development regulations for the Gamdevi heritage precinct in South Mumbai. It has also classified the bulk of the precinct's vintage buildings into heritage grades.
