The Hindu 18.04.2013
More heritage buildings to be added to second list
The second draft list of heritage buildings in the Chennai Metropolitan Area will be completed in 2013-2014.
The
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is in the process of
readying the list, which will comprise buildings to be protected and
conserved.
The CMDA has already approved a first list of 67 such buildings compiled by the heritage conservation committee (HCC).
The second list will have many more buildings, officials said.
-More than half of the structures/precincts that figure on the first list are government buildings.
Once
the list has been completed, the CMDA will invite property owners and
explain the significance of these structures to them, with the help of
documents that prove their heritage value and significance.
The
CMDA will then send the list, along with its recommendations and
recorded objections, to the State government for notification.
After the notification of a building as a heritage structure, the onus of repair and maintenance will be on the property owners.
The
owners will be forbidden from demolishing the structures but will be
asked to repair the structures themselves, officials said.
