The Andhra Pradesh State Archaeology and Museums Department is all set to renovate the house and horse stable of British general and irrigation engineer Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton on the Bommuru hill, which gives a magnificent view of the Godavari river in East Godavari district.
On Sunday, the Godavari region celebrated the 219 th birth anniversary of Sir Arthur Cotton (1803-1899), who lived in the Bommuru house between 1848 and 1852, according to the Archaeology and Museums Department (Andhra Pradesh).
‘Delta Silpi-Arthur Cotton’, a book published by the East Godavari Zilla Parishad, confirms that the construction of the Dowleswaram anicut began in April 1847 and it was ready by March 1852.
