Workshop to raise awareness on heritage conservation in Old Delhi

New Delhi: Seeking to make owners and occupiers of havelis and other heritage houses in Old Delhi a stakeholder in the conservation process, the North Delhi Municipal Corporatation and INTACH will hold a thematic workshop at the historic Town Hall on Saturday.

The workshop on 'Conservation of Heritage Buildings in Shahjahanabad' has been jointly organised by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (North MCD), Shahjahanabad Redevelopment Corporation (SRDC), and hosted by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH).

The workshop seeks to impress upon the heritage property owners to treat their houses as assets and not an economic liability.

"The North MCD came up with the initiative and approached us for the workshop. It is heartening that various stakeholders involved in the conservation process will come together and more so the heritage property-owners would be part of this exercise," INTACH Delhi Chapter Convener Swapna Liddle told reporters.

A "special manual" for owners and occupiers of havelis and other heritage buildings in Shahjahanabad would also be released on the occasion.