Keen to restore majestic structures with historic value in the State, the Tamil Nadu government allocates ₹50 crore every year for reviving the stunning architecture of yesteryear.
Besides collating information on iconic buildings across the State with hidden history and building techniques, the Public Works Department’s Building Centre and Conservation Division (BCCD) makes painstaking efforts to find matching materials and skilled masons to restore edifices to their original glory. The heritage wing of the PWD has been executing 82 works to breathe life into the dilapidated architectural marvels and plans to complete each work within two years. In the past five years, it has restored 24 heritage structures and targets to give a facelift to 20 more structures by this year.
With more heritage works in hand, the PWD has appointed a ‘stapathi’ and conservation architect for technical consultation. While 16 districts have shared the list of their heritage structures, the process is on to collect information from other districts. K. Lakshmi finds out more...
