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Govt to breathe life into ageing City College
The iconic Government City College building is getting a fresh lease of life thanks to the conservation measures that were taken up by the government to renovate such buildings and restore them to their past glory. The steps to renovate it started a few months ago. Moreover, the building is going to complete 100 years in the year 2021.
Hyderabad: The iconic Government City College building is getting a fresh lease of life thanks to the conservation measures that were taken up by the government to renovate such buildings and restore them to their past glory. The steps to renovate it started a few months ago. Moreover, the building is going to complete 100 years in the year 2021.
The long-pending makeover has started a few months ago and it is transforming the entire building. The current works are being carried out near the western part of the building.
The State government with the help of the Central government is taking up the restoration works. The building was designed by Vincent Esch and was built along with Osmania General Hospital, Kachiguda railway station and the High Court.
Speaking to The Hans India here on Friday, officials from the State Archaeological Department said that the exterior of the building was currently under repair. They said that once the repair and restoration works were completed on the outside of the structure, interior building would also get the makeover.
The City College building is spread over an area of 16,000 square feet and it was started as City High School for boys in 1921. It was constructed with the technology available at that time like the reinforced concrete beams.
Dr Chiranjeevi Kolluri, a historian and activist, said that if the material used for the conservation was suitable and matches that of the building, it is well and good. He said that most of the buildings built by the sixth and seventh Nizams in the city were completing their centuries and government needs to focus on restoring and keeping them in good shape.
He said that all the constructions taken up by the Qutub Shahi rulers in the city were strong due to the limestone material used in the construction and the originality of the buildings must not be compromised.
If the State government could form a separate monitoring body for the upkeep and restoration of old and historical buildings as it would be a very apt solution for keeping the monuments alive in the city, he added.
This style of construction was considered as perpendicular Mughal Sarcenic when it was built. Historian Dr. Mohammad Safiullah said that restoration works could have been taken up much earlier.
However, whatever was being done now should to be welcomed, he added. He said that if any compromise was made in the material used for conservation, it would not serve the purpose.
