Vandalism or Restoration?
Sunny Dua
Hundreds of fine hexagonal brick tiles taken out of different structures during restoration work of Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex have been crushed along with unserviceable material and used as one of the key ingredients of mortar. Many of these hexagonal bricks have also been thrown out of complex as mulba (Trash). The clay bricks were so fine, strong and unique that if stacked and preserved could have been re-used as ornamental pieces in the same complex thereby retaining the originality of historical buildings but lack of knowledge or call it concern robbed people of Jammu of its treasure.
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J-K LG visits Mubarak Mandi complex, inspects ongoing restoration and renovation works ANI | Updated: Dec 15, 2020 05:30 IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 15 (ANI): Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday visited the Mubarak Mandi complex here and took a first-hand appraisal of the status of conservation and restoration works being undertaken at the heritage complex.
The Lieutenant Governor took an extensive tour of various segments and sections of the Mubarak Mandi Complex and sought a detailed briefing on the progress of the ongoing restoration and renovation works of the heritage complex.
He was accompanied by Raghvendra Singh, Secretary/CEO Development of Museums, Union Ministry of Culture, Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam and Principal Secretary to Lt Governor Nitishwar Kumar.