New Delhi: Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD) has assigned the duty of offering consultancy for the conservation of Press Constructing, positioned subsequent to City Corridor in Chandni Chowk, to the Aga Khan Belief for Tradition.
The printing press constructing, constructed within the Forties, will probably be developed right into a museum. It would show souvenirs which can be over 100 years previous, guests’ books signed by dignitaries throughout their visits to City Corridor, artefacts gifted by guests and printing machines used on the press, together with one bought in 1926 from England.
The power is prone to be opened to the general public by the top of the yr.
“It would take one other two weeks to finalise and submit the conservation plan for Press Constructing to MCD. The rules will probably be much like these used for different buildings of its period,” mentioned Ratish Nanda, CEO of Aga Khan Belief for Tradition India.
A senior MCD official mentioned the civic physique will provoke the restoration course of as quickly because the belief supplies the conservation plan. “The duty will probably be carried out by our workers below the belief’s steerage. We’ll use the identical supplies and processes for conservation that have been used when the constructing was constructed to protect its heritage,” mentioned the official.
City Corridor served because the seat of MCD from 1866 until 2009, after which the civic physique workplace shifted to Civic Centre on Minto Highway.
MCD, which is able to have fun 161 years of its basis with Nigam Mahotsav, a three-day occasion from Might 31 to June 2, has begun the method of transferring decades-old artefacts, paperwork and data to the Indira Gandhi Nationwide Centre for the Arts for conservation. Final month, it signed an MoU with the centre to digitise uncommon paperwork and preserve all its data, which will probably be displayed on the museum.
“We’ve given Wilson’s Survey Report (1910-11), a compilation of maps of the town, to IGNCA. It isn’t in a good condition, however we would like Delhiites to grasp its significance. This will probably be adopted by the switch of income and postal stamps, drawings of Shahjahanabad, work, images, Abhinandan Patra, and ultimately all paperwork,” mentioned the official.
The guests’ guide at Press Constructing has been signed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Saddam Hussein and Dr Rajendra Prasad, amongst others.
“There are additionally Home proceedings from 1878, preambles and selections highlighting a number of key developments in Delhi. These will probably be shared with the general public on the museum,” mentioned the official.
The printing press constructing, constructed within the Forties, will probably be developed right into a museum. It would show souvenirs which can be over 100 years previous, guests’ books signed by dignitaries throughout their visits to City Corridor, artefacts gifted by guests and printing machines used on the press, together with one bought in 1926 from England.
The power is prone to be opened to the general public by the top of the yr.
“It would take one other two weeks to finalise and submit the conservation plan for Press Constructing to MCD. The rules will probably be much like these used for different buildings of its period,” mentioned Ratish Nanda, CEO of Aga Khan Belief for Tradition India.
A senior MCD official mentioned the civic physique will provoke the restoration course of as quickly because the belief supplies the conservation plan. “The duty will probably be carried out by our workers below the belief’s steerage. We’ll use the identical supplies and processes for conservation that have been used when the constructing was constructed to protect its heritage,” mentioned the official.
City Corridor served because the seat of MCD from 1866 until 2009, after which the civic physique workplace shifted to Civic Centre on Minto Highway.
MCD, which is able to have fun 161 years of its basis with Nigam Mahotsav, a three-day occasion from Might 31 to June 2, has begun the method of transferring decades-old artefacts, paperwork and data to the Indira Gandhi Nationwide Centre for the Arts for conservation. Final month, it signed an MoU with the centre to digitise uncommon paperwork and preserve all its data, which will probably be displayed on the museum.
“We’ve given Wilson’s Survey Report (1910-11), a compilation of maps of the town, to IGNCA. It isn’t in a good condition, however we would like Delhiites to grasp its significance. This will probably be adopted by the switch of income and postal stamps, drawings of Shahjahanabad, work, images, Abhinandan Patra, and ultimately all paperwork,” mentioned the official.
The guests’ guide at Press Constructing has been signed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Saddam Hussein and Dr Rajendra Prasad, amongst others.
“There are additionally Home proceedings from 1878, preambles and selections highlighting a number of key developments in Delhi. These will probably be shared with the general public on the museum,” mentioned the official.
