via http://www.indianexpress.com/ – After toiling for over a period of six years, the workers entrusted with the restoration of the Humayun’s Tomb Complex, a World Heritage site, can now be proud of the result. The complex is almost spanking new. The refurbished 16th century garden tomb will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Wednesday in the presence of Union Minister for Culture Chandresh Kumari Katoch, The Aga Khan, chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, and Sir Dorabji Tata Trust chairman Ratan Tata. This is the first restoration and conservation project assigned by the Centre to a non-government agency.
The Aga Khan had pledged to help in the restoration of the Humayun’s Tomb Complex in 1997. Since 2007, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and other co-funding partners, in collaboration with the Archaeological Survey of India, have undertaken the Urban Renewal Initiative and worked towards the restoration and conservation of over 30 monuments inside the tomb’s complex which sprawls over 170 acres.
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