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NRIs offer a ray of hope to Secunderabad s wobbling heritage site Updated: Updated: January 29, 2021 10:08 IST Koh Imam-e-Zameen, a site for mourning during Muharram, is being renovated by a trust run by NRIs Share Article The iron beams to give structural support to the ceiling of Koh Imam-e-Zameen.
Koh Imam-e-Zameen, a site for mourning during Muharram, is being renovated by a trust run by NRIs Up on a small hillock near the Ammuguda Railway Station in Secunderabad is Koh Imam-e-Zameen, a site for mourning during Muharram. The small hilltop shrine is reached by an almost vertical flight of steps numbering 147. Threatened by continuous pulverising of rocks in the surrounding area, the religious place was on the verge of collapse when a trust run by NRIs stepped in. ....
Activists fume as GHMC neglects restoration of historic Katora Houz By Mohammed Hussain| Updated: 28th December 2020 2:54 pm IST Hyderabad: Heritage lovers and activists were up in arms against the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) as the civic body continues to delay the restoration process of the 450-year-old wall of the Katora Houz at Golconda Fort. The old retaining boundary wall of Katora Houz, the magnificent tank of the ancient Golconda Qila (fort) here, collapsed in the heavy rains that caused floods in October. Heritage activists allege that the tardy maintenance has resulted in the collapsed wall of Katora Houz. Worried residents of Golconda Qila have called upon the Archeological Survey India (ASI) and the state government, the activists’ groups and residents urging the ASI to renovate the tank. ....
Restoring the original character of Qutb Shahi tombs’ landscape Updated: Updated: Entry to the complex will now be through what was formerly the Deccan Park Share Article AAA Adults play cricket in front of a tomb even before work on the stone pavement is completed. | Photo Credit: Serish Nanisetti Entry to the complex will now be through what was formerly the Deccan Park Early 19th century paintings and photographs of Qutb Shahi Tombs in Hyderabad show the monuments in open splendour surrounded by gardens. But visitors to the heritage complex in the latter part of the 20th and 21st century saw a different precinct reinforced concrete fountains, walls, monuments with connecting platforms, iron railings on platforms, a Japanese garden with a bridge over a water channel and an asphalt road connecting it all. ....