The Hindu 08.01.2010
Heritage conservation project planned
Special Correspondent
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The government is working on a major project for conserving heritage structures and land records which have been tattered, Revenue Minister K.P. Rajendran has said.
Inaugurating the 42nd national conference on “Conservation of historic buildings with special reference to wooden structures” organised by the Culture and Archaeology Departments in association with the Indian Association for the Study of Conservation of Cultural Property (IASC) here on Thursday, Mr. Rajendran said that many important revenue documents pertaining to land ownership in the State got damaged due to negligence. Hence, it had been proposed to take up a project for the conservation of the structures and old documents.
Protection vital
Protection of structures was as important as conservation of history and culture. This would help to hand over the tradition to posterity.
The Revenue Department had already drawn up a list of buildings that had to be conserved and was attaching top priority to such efforts.
V. Sivankutty, MLA, presided. IASC president M.V. Nair spoke. Archaeology Department director K.K. Mohanan Pillai welcomed.
