Friday, June 8, 2007

Save Endangered Heritages of India

The World Monument Watch has come out with a list of the 100 most endangered heritage sites in the world which includes five Indian sites.


The Indian sites are Srinagar Heritage Zone (J&K), Leh Old Town (J&K), Amber (Rajasthan), Jantar Mantar (Jaipur, Rajasthan) and Chettinad (Chennai, Tamil Nadu).


All the Indian sites are threatened by development pressures, environmental changes, demolition, and vandalism.

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