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The Capitol Complex designed by Le Corbusier is inscribed successful UNESCO’s World Heritage List arsenic a portion of the transnational serial inscription ‘The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement’. (Express File Image)
The Centre said Monday that Chandigarh has not been designated arsenic a World Heritage City aft Congress Member of Parliament Manish Tewari raised a query successful Parliament implicit the city’s status.
Tewari, who represents Chandigarh successful Lok Sabha, besides sought the details of designated practice cities successful the country, and the details on with the fig of practice cities crossed the world, country-wise.
Tewari asked the Minister of Culture, “Whether the Union Territory of Chandigarh is designated arsenic a practice metropolis and the details of specific/established criteria for designating a metropolis arsenic a practice metropolis by the Government of India, UNESCO oregon immoderate different planetary organisations.”
To this, Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat replied, “The Union Territory of Chandigarh City has not been designated arsenic a World Heritage City.” “However, the Chandigarh Capitol Complex has been inscribed arsenic a Transnational World Heritage Property successful 2016 nether the rubric ‘The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement’. This Transnational World Heritage Property includes 7 countries comprising Argentina, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Japan and India,” said Shekhawat.
“In the UNESCO Operational Guidelines, 2024, immoderate World Heritage property, including a World Heritage City, indispensable fulfil 1 oregon much criteria outlined,” helium added.
There are 2 practice cities of India — Gujarat’s Ahmedabad and Jaipur successful Rajasthan.
Every task — from the operation of subways to the installation of lights astatine immoderate aged tract — successful the metropolis has to get the motion of the Chandigarh Heritage Conservation Committee.
Hina Rohtaki is simply a Special Correspondent with The Indian Express, Chandigarh. She covers Chandigarh medication and different transverse beats. In this tract for implicit a decennary now, she has besides received the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence successful Journalism Award by the President of India successful January 2020. She tweets @HinaRohtaki ... Read More
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