INTACH to send team to Gujarat

NEW DELHI, JAN. 31. The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is sending a four-member team of experts to Gujarat to assess the damage to heritage properties and assist authorities and agencies in the restoration effort.

The team will draw up plans for restoring heritage properties and areas besides helping in other restoration works, a release from the trust here today said.

It would be INTACH's endeavour to assist the rehabilitation agencies to ensure that the essence of the cultural fabric was maintained during any reconstruction activity, it said.

INTACH is also forwarding copies of recommendations made by an internationally-renowned conservation expert Sir Bernard Feilden on the dos and don'ts before, during and after an earthquake in safeguarding heritage sites. Sir Bernard is scheduled to visit India later this month, INTACH said adding it had decided to organise a workshop here on strategies for disaster management, especially for heritage properties.

- PTI

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