Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 19: Expressing serious concern over the collapse of a portion of Bahu Fort wall, an emergency meeting of the Jammu Heritage Society was convened by its general secretary Bhuvneshwar Gandotra under the chairmanship of its president Baldev Khullar.
The members expressed serious concern over the callous attitude of the Archives Department and Jammu Development Authority towards repair and maintenance of Heritage sites of Jammu and Kashmir as a result of which serious damage has been caused to the wall of historic Bahu Fort one of the famous heritage sites of Jammu wherein Maha Kali temple also known as Bawe Wali Mata Jammu is located.
The members alleged that despite having surplus funds, the Jammu Development Authority and Archives Department did not take concrete steps to remove the unwanted grass that had grown up on the top of the walls and no proper cementing was done which resulted in the seepage of water and the main reasons for the collapse. Timely action and proper maintenance besides proper drainage system would have saved this irreparable loss, the meet observed.
Appreciating the initiatives taken by the Minister Raman Bhalla and District Development Commissioner Ajit Kumar Sahu, the Society asked JDA Vice-Chairman Satish Nehru to start immediate restoration of the collapsed portion, further development and preservation of the Bahu Fort besides release of adequate funds for the job.
The meeting was attended by Omprakash (Kaku Ji), K L Bhalla, Ashwani Arora, Ajesh Rohmetra, Bhuvneshwar Gandotra, Sanjeev Kalra, Narender Sharma, Ashwani Gupta, Sachin Khurana, Sanjay Gupta and others.
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