Soon, historic Sardar Mahal will become cultural centre in Hyderabad
India Today
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) standing committee on Wednesday approved the proposal to develop the historic 120-year-old Sardar Mahal located near Char Minar as a cultural centre. Check all the details here.
Chaired by mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) standing committee on Wednesday approved the proposal to develop the historic 120-year-old Sardar Mahal located near Char Minar as a cultural centre.
The renovation project will be taken up under public-private partnership (PPP) mode with a built operate and transfer (BOT) concept.
Built by Nizam VI Mir Mahboob Ali Khan in 1900 for one of his consorts, Sardar Begum, the iconic Sardar Mahal was also declared a heritage building by the Heritage Conservation Committee and the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage.
It was in 1965 that the heritage structure was taken over by the GHMC due to outstanding property taxes.
Earlier, there were plans to develop the site into a five-star hotel. Subsequently, Quli Qutb Shah Urban Development Authority (QQSUDA) proposed to turn it into a museum.
According to a report published in the Telangana Today, a GHMC official said, "There is a proposal to convert Sardar Mahal into a museum that will showcase the history of the region through maps, paintings and pictures, adding that the elements in the cultural centre will be finalised only after the work related to structural stability are completed."
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