KTR promises mapping project for scattered stepwells
The Hindu
Minutes after releasing a turtle in the restored stepwell of Bapughat, Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development K.T. Rama Rao promised a mapping project for the scattered stepwells
Minutes after releasing a turtle in the restored stepwell of Bapughat, Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development K.T. Rama Rao promised a mapping project for the scattered stepwells in the State.
“When I went to Paris recently, I was taken in by the way the heritage of the city has been preserved. We should do the same. I am glad this well has been restored with very little help from the government of Telangana,” said Mr. Rama Rao.
“We will work towards a project to map these stepwells so that they become cultural spaces. The community has to own these places then only we can sustain them,” said Mr. Rao who sat down to listen to a Amjad Warsi qawwali on the second level of the well. Earlier, the Minister along with Special Chief Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Arvind Kumar went around a site exhibition which showed the efforts that went into restoring the well which is on the left bank of the Musi River. He spoke about how builders and large corporates can get involved in helping restore heritage structures in the city.
Amidst demand by the BJP for an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged unauthorised transfer of funds belonging to the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation (MVSTDC), Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Friday said that the State government will not hand over the investigation to the CBI “voluntarily.”