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Grand new plans for grand old fort
Encouraged by its success in securing the corporate sector`s participation in restoration of Qutab Minar, the Archaeological Survey of India has now begun talks with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited for a similar plan it has drawn up for the historic Red Fort.
Encouraged by its success in securing the corporate sector's participation in restoration of Qutab Minar, the Archaeological Survey of India has now begun talks with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited for a similar plan it has drawn up for the historic Red Fort.
"We have taken up the matter with MTNL. Talks are going on," says the ASI Director-General, Ms Komal Anand, hoping that an agreement would be signed soon.
Conceding that finance is a major factor coming in the way of plans for restoration, preservation and beautification of the Red Fort, Ms Anand says the ASI urgently needs to create a corpus of Rs 10 crores for this purpose.