Charminar’s ground floor needs urgent restoration work
By Mohammed Hussain Ahmed| Posted by Neha | Updated: 20th January 2021 10:33 pm IST
Hyderabad: Pollution, pigeons’ droppings and other issues call urgent action from Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to undertake Charminar’s ground floor restoration work without further delay.
A thick layer of pigeons’ droppings and other pollutants formed at the outer façade, arches and elsewhere of the this 426 old iconic historical structure. Its restoration needs to clean these droppings and pollutants from the outer surfaces with water and sandpaper.
Sources said that the pigeons’ droppings contain chemicals which is harmful to the lime plaster. So is the case with the pollution around this world-renowned tourist attraction.
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