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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Chandni Chowk revamp: Why have they mindlessly used sandstone? -Mohd Asim Khan

Chandni Chowk revamp: Why have they mindlessly used sandstone? -Mohd Asim Khan

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published Published on Aug 8, 2021   modified Modified on Aug 9, 2021

-NationalHeraldIndia.com

Historian-Filmmaker Sohail Hashmi frowns at the way the historic Chandni Chowk has been revamped. The entire work is totally disconnected from area's history and heritage, he says

Redevelopment of the 1.3 km stretch from the Red Fort at one end and Fatehpuri Masjid at the other is complete. The attempt to impress ‘foreign tourists’, however, has left residents and historians disappointed. The ‘mindless exercise’ has merely enriched contractors and suppliers of sandstone and granite, they say. Mohd Asim Khan caught up with historian, writer and filmmaker Sohail Hashmi to find out more:

* What do you make of the ‘redevelopment’ of Chandni Chowk?

Whatever renovation has been done has a disconnect with both history and heritage of Chandni Chowk. They have, for example, used sandstone and granite. Sand-stone was never used in Shahjahanabad and never on pavements. Cobbled stones again were never used in Chandni chowk. Then they have erected ugly pollards.

They have planted some plants, trees etc in the middle of the road, where actually there used to be a small canal. If you wanted to recapture part of that, then there should have been a water body. Ugly metal and glass facades are being put up on all the old buildings in the area. If you want to recapture the ambience of Chandni Chowk, then it must be stopped at once.

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NationalHeraldIndia.com, 8 August, 2021, https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/interview/chandni-chowk-revamp-why-have-they-mindlessly-used-sandstone?fbclid=IwAR13hgcNfVesjN2GB2hXMbjTTaqw39U9CkOiWhvSSFqLXZG3bH6rsSv9RNE
 

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