{"id":31731,"date":"2022-02-14T12:35:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T07:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=31731"},"modified":"2022-02-14T12:35:51","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T07:05:51","slug":"kashmirs-crumbling-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=31731","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir\u2019s Crumbling Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Notwithstanding its tall claims over restoration of the splendid heritage structures across Kashmir region, the unplanned development, mass-scale urbanization and lack of government\u2019s policy, has taken toll on the heritage sites\u2014leaving them crumbling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt is unfortunate that we are losing the treasure of our cultural heritage,\u201d Saleem Beg, Convenor, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage in Kashmir, told Greater Kashmir.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been trying to rope in more and more common people, local stakeholders in order to revive and rejuvenate the culture and heritage of Srinagar city, especially in Downtown areas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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According to stakeholders, the unplanned, mass scale urbanization and unregulated development across Kashmir, especially in Srinagar city is making a lot of heritage structures vulnerable.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For Liza Bhat of Fateh Kadal in Downtown, Srinagar, her ancestral heritage home was recently raised to the ground because the family wanted \u201cexpansion\u201d of their space and some sophisticated corners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cOur heritage house, which was built along the river Jhelum facing Khanqah-e-Moula, was raised to the ground mercilessly because we all wanted to have sophisticated amenities and expansion of the space,\u201d she said. \u201cAll these years we have had a luxurious feeling that we were born and brought up in a house which not only was unique but had an aesthetically a unique structure,\u201d she said, adding \u201cThen I see lot of such houses, especially in Downtown are either left unattended or raised to the ground because we lack will to preserve our cultural heritage structures.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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According to World Monuments Watch, the Srinagar city has several colonial-style colleges, hospitals, courts and other heritage structures\u2014which were constructed during the British occupation. However due to the rising demand for land in historic areas of Srinagar and the commercial value of many residential buildings has caused serious threat to the heritage sites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDowntown Srinagar is culturally very enriching. This is a place which is not just rich and buzzing in terms of heritage but also in traditions, culture, and values,\u201d Beg said. \u201cIn recent years, we have seen our heritage couldn\u2019t resist the pressures of the growing urbanization and demand for having so called sophisticated houses,\u201d he said, adding \u201cHeritage conservation is need of the hour and it could be only achieved when you have people fully educated about the importance of the cultural heritage and its impact on the generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018Losing the site\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many people in the Downtown area are aghast over the \u201clackadaisical\u201d approach of the government and for showing \u201cstep-motherly\u201d treatment toward the areas\u2014which have its socio-cultural significance.<\/p>\n

Many areas including Bohri Kadal, Zaina Kadal, Rajouri Kadal, Aali Kadal, Mahraj Gunj, Fateh Kadal, Khanyaar and others, are wearing a shabby look as roads are in shambles and lanes and by-lanes appear ghostly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDowntown was a symbol. It has its cultural and heritage supremacy and unfortunately we are on the verge of losing this chapter of history,\u201d noted satirist and poet, Zareef Ahmad Zareef, told Greater Kashmir.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll we need to do is to wake up to the pressing demands and start conservation of our heritage sites in Downtown and elsewhere. And I must tell you the government alone can\u2019t do this and we shouldn\u2019t have high hopes from them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Another elderly man, Muhammad Subhan, said that he has been witnessing a lot of structural \u201cchanges\u201d in in Downtown areas over the years as the demand for more houses and land have touched skyrockets.<\/p>\n

For many conservationists\u2014who took the initiative to keep the heritage structures intact are also facing immense hardships in its maintenance. Jalali House, an old structure, heritage house located in a busy neighbourhood of the Zadibal area of Downtown, Srinagar, is a signpost of Kashmir\u2019s architectural marvel. The house shot into prominence and became a one-stop destination for the heritage tourists in Srinagar after some Bollywood productions were shot here including Haider etc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe nine bridges spanning over the river Jhelum, and many others intersecting the network of waterways that flow through the old city have an immensely rich cultural history, which needs to be preserved,\u201d said Nazir Ahmad, president Downtown Coordination Committee.<\/p>\n

He said that the bridges (Kadal) including, Amira Kadal, Budshah Kadal, Habba Kadal, Fateh Kadal, Zaina Kadal, Aali Kadal, Nawa Kadal and Safa Kadal, are being defaced and at some places massive encroachment under an eye of the local administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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