The Chhattisgarh Government is expected to complete the necessary pending work for three museums buildings built at Korba, Ambikapur and Jagdalpur by the end of the current financial year.
The projects had remained uncompleted for the past few years due to unavailability of sufficient funds.
“We have called the meeting of the Technical Committee this week formed for these museums to be completely set up in the State. As the Detailed Project Report (DPR) is being prepared, we will begin the pending work of the museums also by the first week of December. The items to be displayed and their placement in the museums have been decided,” said State Culture and Archaeology Directorate Director Rakesh Chaturvedi.
Notably, the Technical Committee meeting will decide the Expression of Interest (EoI) schedule.
According to Chaturvedi, the buildings of the museums were prepared long back. “The entire funds for these projects were sanctioned in the 13th Finance Commission but the release got delayed. We now have sufficient amount of funds,” he said.
Meanwhile, State Culture and Archaeology Directorate Sources stated that the support of locals for finishing the museum works is commendable.
Besides, the museums, the government is also mulling over plans for taking up the restoration of Maheshpur and Kalcha temples which are also likely to be completed by this fiscal year.
“The Maheshpur temple covers eighth century to twelfth century remains while Kalcha temple has eighth to ninth century remains.
We are hopeful to begin the restoration work in December and complete it during the next two to three months,” said State Culture and Archaeology Directorate Joint Director Rahul Kumar Singh.
He further said that the Surguja District Collector Ritu Sain is coordinating the matter . The excavation of the temples was done decades back. ‘We have almost completed the paper work of the restoration work. Both temples and museums would be completed by March 2016,” Chaturvedi said.