Under stress from intellectuals over the doable demolition of a studying room contained in the historic Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library, the Bihar authorities has determined to scale back the width of a selected part of the proposed flyover on Patna’s Ashoka Road.
Amrit Lal Meena, Additional Chief Secretary, Road Works Department, mentioned, “BRPNNL (Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Limited) determined to scale back the width of the proposed overbridge by a sure distance to make sure that the Lord Curzon Reading Hall…
The proposed 2.1 km double decker flyover will join Kargil Chowk with National Institute of Engineering Chowk and Ganga Path, one other mega undertaking.
The library was opened in 1891 by Khan Bahadur Maulvi Khuda Baksh, a Zamindar of Siwan, with over 4,000 manuscripts. In 1905, Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy of India, was so impressed with the library’s wealthy assortment that he constructed a studying room. In 1969, the Center acknowledged it as an establishment of nationwide significance. Currently, the library homes over 21,000 manuscripts, principally in Arabic and Persian, together with over 2.5 lakh books in addition to vital writings in Sanskrit.
In a letter to Patna DM Chandrashekhar in April, library director Shaysta Bedar wrote, “The (library) board was of the view to discover the opportunity of saving components of the library preserving in view the significance of the library. The largest cultural heritage of the state. “
Amidst the controversy over the demolition of the studying room two months in the past, Road Construction Department Minister Nitin Nabin had additionally indicated to assessment the plan.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
