Forest dept asked to remove 85 trees from monument at Delhi zoo
The fort-like structure, with 108 rooms and a large courtyard measuring about 10,000 sq metres, was the grandest serai in the area.
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Article Author: Forest dept asked to remove 85 trees from monument at Delhi zoo
Media Source: The Indian Express (India)
Date: 27 September 2020
There is an imminent danger of irreparable damage to a protected monument, the Azimganj Serai, built around the 15th or 16th Century and situated inside the Delhi zoo. About 50% of the serai, including its standing portions, was restored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) in 2017, after it signed a Memorandum of…
There is an imminent danger of irreparable damage to a protected monument, the Azimganj Serai, built around the 15th or 16th Century and situated inside the Delhi zoo. About 50% of the serai, including its standing portions, was restored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) in 2017, after it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2013 with the Delhi government’s archaeology department under which the monument falls. A second MoU is in the process of being signed with the AKTC for phase II of the restoration work.