HELLO ALL ITS GR8 TO BE BACK HERE.
HOW U ALL DOING WELL BUT R WE AWARE WHTS GOING AROUND US.
SHOULD VE NEED TO BE A BIT CONSCIOUS ABOUT OUR OWN NAWAB BARI.
EACH DAY WE ENTER THROUGH OUR NAWAB BARI MAIN GATE BUT R WE REALLY BOTHER ABOUT THIS VALUABLE OLD HERITAGE GATE .
SHOULD NT WE DO SOMETHING TO SAVE THIS NAWAB BARI MAIN GATE .
HOPE TO LISTEN SOME VIEWS FROM U ALL
TAKE CARE
TALHA
NAWAB BARI DHAKA
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4 comments:
HAATI PICHAY SE NIKAL GAYA, SAMNE SE SOOR LEKE TANA-TANI.
listen,
HAATI PAKAR NAI SAKA TO KAYA HUA ,SOOR TO PAKRA . SOMETHING IS BETTER THEN NOTHING.
SO DON'T DO THIS , TRY TO DO SOMETHING
Owners of a shopping mall have demolished part of the historic Nawab Bari gate to the Ahsan Manjil in Old Dhaka to clear space for the multi-storey commercial building in an alleged underhand dealing with some officials of the archaeology department.
The archeologically protected archway lost its left side to construction of the shopping mall that began two years ago or so. To the right of the shopping complex stands another market, and several shops were constructed at the foot of the 15 feet wide and 30 feet high arch.
A big signboard of Waliullah and Sons Gun Shop has also been fixed with the rundown gate and many banners are hanging with the weed-covered, peeling structure.
Historians say Abdul Ghani, the nawab of Dhaka and grandfather of Nawab Salimullah, built the arch in 1872 during repairs of the Ahsan Manjil, the nawab's palace.
The once beautiful gate made of brick and lime on the northern side of the palace, edging the Islampur market, fell into ruin only because of neglect, although it is archeologically protected under the Antiquities Act, 1968.
"They (market owners) did not seek permission from the archeology department for construction. We came to know about it but could not stop construction," said Dewan Delwar Hossain, director of the archeology department. He reasoned out that the archeology department is too understaffed and cash-strapped to protect the site.
But sources alleged that the owners of the shopping mall, Islam Plaza, had an underhand dealing with some officials of the archeology department on damaging part of the 130-year-old archway.
A notice of the archeology department bans any change, damage and graffiti on the archway and warns violators of a maximum punishment of one year in jail. Still, the owners of the shopping mall went ahead with their plan.
The owners could not be reached for comments.
"We are worried. It may collapse anytime. Sometimes, the government officials visit the archway, but no repair was done yet," said a clothes trader who has a shop near the site.
"The history of Dhaka is related to the Nawab palace and the Nawab Bari gate is a rare archway. It reminds us of our glorious past," said Shamsul Wares, a leading architect. "We could not preserve much of our heritage due to lack of awareness. Now we need to protect the remnants."
Pinaki Roy
I agree with the previous poster. We need to take some action beofre this gate is ripped ofF of the wall and sold for scrap metal.
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