NDMC May Put Brakes On Work As Notified 16th Century Tomb Lies At Construction Site

The Shahjahanabad Redevelopment Corporation is putting in place 3-dimensional Geographic Information System (GIS) for round-the-clock monitoring of 1,200 monuments under its ambit. The idea is being seen as a comprehensive solution to check encroachment and damage to the city

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New Delhi: Qutub Minar will now come under intense scrutiny for keeping tabs on the extent of its tilt. After requests from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), a team of experts from Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee will arrive in Delhi next month and conduct a periodical study of the 13th century monument to assess the tilt and ensure it has not aggravated.

The Mayans penchant for building places of worship brought their downfall In 2001, when a hurricane ripped through the jungles of northern Guatemala, an uprooted tree at the base of the ruins of a pyramid exposed stones bearing one of the longest texts of hieroglyphs ever found. The inscriptions belong to the Mayan civilization. Part of a grand staircase leading up the side of a pyramid, the

SPOT CHECK: Mines Minister K. Ponmudy, centre, inspecting a hillock near Tiruvadavur in Madurai district where quarrying was under way on Wednesday. Collector N. Mathivanan, left, is seen.

MADURAI: The Tamil Nadu government will curb granite quarrying near hills with heritage monuments, said Mines Minister K. Ponmudy here on Wednesday.

Heritage Walk On Saturday Followed Metro Route To Bring Alive Sepoy Mutiny, Reports Richi Verma

KOCHI: In an attempt to reinstate the historical importance of the legendary port of Muziris, the State Government is contemplating creation of the Muziris heritage Project.

The master plan for the project has been completed. At an estimated cost of around Rs 100 crore, the project is designed to bring back the past by linking the various monuments beloning to the ancient era.

New Delhi: Every two minutes a plane flies over the 13th century Qutab Minar, a fact that is giving Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) officials sleepless nights. They are worried that the vibrations from the aircraft could affect the foundation of the monument, one of the tallest in the world and which is located in a seismic zone.

KOLKATA, 22 June: A petition was filed in Calcutta High Court today alleging that the number of artefacts stated in an affidavit filed by the Victoria Memorial Hall authorities on 2 May, 2003 differs from a subsequent affidavit in 2007.