As the renovated, heritage University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) buildings were inaugurated on Thursday, much to the delight of heritage enthusiasts, old Bengalureans and college alumni, it threw the spotlight on the rapidly declining heritage properties in the city.
Talking to The Hindu, Convenor, INTAC, Meera Iyer said, “We need government intervention in this. On the one hand, the government notified the Zoning Regulations (Amendment) Act, 2020 in April 2020. We have been asking the government to set up the Bangalore Urban Arts Commission as mentioned in the regulations, but so far, this has not happened.”
As per the draft Revised Master plan drawn up by the Bangalore Development Authority, there were over 500 heritage structures in the city, including government buildings, institutions and private properties.
