New Delhi:
The 14th century Siri Fort wall here is soon expected to become a major tourist spot with excavation and conservation work being carried out on its roughly 1.5-km-stretch at a cost of nearly Rs 25 crore.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is engaged in excavating all buried portions of the wall in a phased manner and the first phase of conservation work at Panchsheel Park already completed.
This was stated in Parliament by Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V Narayanasamy, who also holds the ad hoc charge of the Ministry of Culture, in response to a question.
"In the first phase, the excavation and conservation of the Siri Fort Wall at Panchsheel Park at a cost of Rs 21.44 lakhs was taken up and has since been completed," he said.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is engaged in excavating all buried portions of the wall in a phased manner and the first phase of conservation work at Panchsheel Park already completed.
This was stated in Parliament by Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V Narayanasamy, who also holds the ad hoc charge of the Ministry of Culture, in response to a question.
"In the first phase, the excavation and conservation of the Siri Fort Wall at Panchsheel Park at a cost of Rs 21.44 lakhs was taken up and has since been completed," he said.
