Now the historical building of the city ‘Sadar Manzil’ will also become heritage site of the city of lakes. Notably, in a seminar held here on Tuesday the heritage cell of the city discussed about conservation and preservation of the heritage sites of the city. During the discussion Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Tejaswi S Naik also highlighted about Sadar Manzil and also said that it is important for new generation to know more about the heritage sites of the city.
The heritage cell during the discussion emphasized over bringing back Sadar Manzil to its old look for which BMC will take certain steps. Further, to include people’s participation a mass awareness campaign about the heritage sites of the city will also be carried out by BMC through social media and BMC website.
Under the awareness drive a painting competition will be organized at Sadar Manzil. The painting competition is open for the children upto 14 years of age. While giving certain directives to the officials concerned, Naik said that the books related to Bhopal and its history should be made available at BMC libraries so that the citizens can get more information about their city. Moreover, through the public relation website of BMC i.e. bmcpro@mpurban.gov.in the citizens should be updated about the information of heritage sites.
During the seminar Naik also instructed the officials to remove the shops and other stalls from the site, to remove the wall paintings, and paint the walls with its original colour. Further, for the public participation BMC should carry out mass awareness campaign. He instructed the officials to carry out this drive with a lot of persistence under the guidance of experts. During the seminar, historian Akhtar Hussain, Sikander Malik, Taj Mohammad Khan, in-charge city engineer Devendra Tiwari and Vijay Gaur were present.