French Expert Team to Provide Assistance in Preservation of Chandigarh’s Heritage

The Voice of Chandigarh News:

A meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Dharam Pal, Adviser to the Administrator and the senior officials of the Chandigarh Administration with the French Expert Team to discuss about the plan of action to protect, preserve and restore the heritage items. The meeting was long due to seek guidance on various issues of Heritage items.

The French Ministry has now sent its 10 member Expert team headed by Mrs. Brigittee BOUVIER, Director at Fondation Le Corbusier. The team comprising Conservation Scientist, Heritage Restorer, Conservation architect, representative from French Central Director of the Judicial Police, Architect and Inspector General of Historic Monuments for the French Ministry of Culture would be in the city from 15th November till 19th November to guide Chandigarh Administration in preserving
Chandigarh’s heritage items.

In the year 2016, a Committee titled ‘Heritage Items Protection Cell’ was constituted to meet the objective of protecting, conserving and preserving Chandigarh’s Heritage Furniture Items. This committee was further reconstituted in 2019. Further in March, 2020, a Heritage Items Identification & Inspection Committee (HIIIC) was formed under the Chairmanship of a Senior Architect, UT, Chandigarh.
The Heritage Items Identification & Inspection Committee (HIIIC) has till date done the Inventorisation, Inspection of Heritage/unserviceable items available at different departments, Institutions, offices.
This expert team would assist the Chandigarh Administration Establishing in Authenticity of Heritage Items, tagging of the items, guide in Legal protection of heritage items, and help in laying Guidelines / Process to be followed for their Conservation and Restoration.

During the five days visit, the French team would be personally visiting various sites to identify the heritage items and will be holding series of meetings with the Nodal officers appointed by different departments, institutions and offices.