By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: In order to introduce the history and civilization of historic Walled City area of Delhi to domestic and foreign tourists, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to establish a Heritage Museum and a Tourist Information Centre at Lahori Gate.
The museum will showcase the history of old Delhi in five sections: pre-Mughal period, Mughal period, 1857 Revolution, 1857-1947 period and 1947-2008 period.
A research center and a heritage library will also be established at this place.
A website will be launched soon so that people could be able to have information about the area at clicks of mouse.
Pointing out the importance of the Heritage Museum, Mayor of Delhi, Aarti Mehra said “Old Delhi’s history is very old and everyone wants to know about it. When domestic and foreign tourists reach here, they get the information in piecemeal fashion, hence, the need for the Heritage Museum that MCD is going to build.”
She told that the proposal will be placed in the next meeting of the corporation on 14th July and as soon as it gets approved, work will be started on the project.
She further informed that since Vijay Goel, Member of Parliament from Chandni Chowk area in 2004, has shown much interest in this project and had donated Rs 50 lakh from his MP Fund, he will be appointed as the chairman of the advisory board of the museum.
There are also proposals to turn the old Town Hall into a Heritage Museum with facilities of a restaurant and a hotel, once the headquarters of the corporation shift to civic center situated at Minto Road.