Society And History

A piece of floral decoration of one of the minarets of Charminar broke and fell off on Sunday night during heavy downpour. The historic 418-year-old monument is soaked due to spells of heavy rains every night since last Sunday, and parts of the minarets that are carved in lime-mortar paste broke loose.

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Chennai: Encouraged by the zeal witnessed at the recent world classical Tamil conference, the state government has decided to fund an undersea expedition to excavate remains of a 2,000-year-old town, Poompuhar or Kaveripoompattinam, submerged under the sea off the Nagapattinam coast in Tamil Nadu.

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From three metres 25 years ago, the length of the “chadar” offered by the devout at the annual Shah Jahan Urs in the Taj Mahal has increased to 450 metres this time. The number of devotees has risen from mere dozen to nearly 1,00,000 presently.

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Brij Khandelwa Tourism industry leader Abhinav Jain sees three major threats to the Taj Mahal: from terror- ists, from air pollu- tion and from too many people. Last year also the monu- ment was flooded with tourists and the devout, causing additional stress and pressure on the monument.

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Mumbai Additional Municipal Commissioner (city) Aseem Gupta on Thursday said the civic body respected the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee’s (MHCC) concerns over the Byculla zoo makeover plan and would try to incorporate the advisory board’s recommendations completely.

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KONARK/BHUBANESWAR: With water-logging posing a serious threat to the historic Sun Temple at Konark, an expert team sent by State Government inspected the heritage site to examine the drainage system there.

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Sweta Dutta While the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy readies to set up solar power plants at the three World Heritage Sites in the Capital, the New Delhi office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has voiced concerns over the move and shot off letters to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) seeking details of the project.

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Old City Boundary Disrupting Vehicle Movement, ASI Told

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LUCKNOW: As the government prepares for a bitter battle within its own factions, the evergreen question of what is more important — conservation or development — has jumped to the forefront.

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City anchor: high court had set up panel to initiate restoration of water bodies; Bulk of work done by delhi govt; ASI, CPWD too chip in

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