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NEW DELHI: Wading into the controversy over adoption of the Red Fort by the Dalmia Bharat group, the Indian History Congress (IHC) on Wednesday said it is greatly perturbed that a cement company with no known experience of maintenance of monuments has been involved in preservation of a major national monument.
Describing the terms on which the Red Fort has been handed over as disturbingly broad, the IHC said the company can construct as well as landscape, and alleged that it has also been allowed to run an interpretation centre.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, IHC said it had expressed its dismay over the freedom allowed to the Aga Khan Trust to interfere with the basic structures, decorations and ornamentation of Mughal monuments in the Humayun Tomb complex. It said, The way the Red Fort is being entrusted to Dalmia Bharat is still more troubling forthe company has no claim to any experience in maintenance, conservation, preservation and interpretation of monuments.
The academic body of Indian historians also claimed there is ample room for the fear that in order to attract tourist traffic Dalmia Bharat may propagate false or unproven interpretations of particular structures in the complex.