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Heritage Building Laws
Heritage Building Laws
Heritage building means and includes any building of one or more premises or
any part thereof and/or structure and/or artifact which requires conservation and /
or preservation for historical and / or architectural and / or artisanary and /or
aesthetic and/or cultural and/or environmental and/or ecological purpose.
What is a heritage precints?
Heritage Precincts means and includes any space that requires conservation
and /or preservation for historical and / or architectural and/or aesthetic and/or
cultural and/or environmental and/or ecological purpose. Walls or other boundaries
of a pm articular area or place or building or may enclose such space by an
imaginary line drawn around it.
Legal and statutory framework
Heritage in India is regulated and protected by The Ancient Monuments and
Archaeological (Sites and Remains) Act, 1958 (ASI Act) and in addition the
respective States have counterpart legislations to regulate and protect monuments
under Their purview. Heritage can also be protected and regulated through the
Urban and Regional Planning and Development Acts, and Urban Local Bodies
Acts (ULBs) and their building bye-laws.
sub-section (1) shall be removed within a specified period and, if the person
refuses or fails to comply with the order, the Collector may cause the
building to be removed and the person shall be liable to pay the cost of such
removal.
Special conservation plans: Each local body/ land owning agency should formulate Special
Development Plans for the conservation and improvement of listed heritage
complexes and zones. Alteration or demolition of any building is prohibited
in the listed heritage complexes and zones without the prior approval of the
Competent Authority.
The Government of India has amended Building Byelaws 1993, wide
Clause 23 and inserted a chapter on Conservation of Heritage Sites
including Heritage Building, Heritage Precincts and Natural Feature Areas.
The development plans/ schemes shall conform to the provisions of the
same.
While preparing any layout plans, these should be suitably incorporated. In
case of major monuments it is necessary that the surrounding area should be
identified in the layout/detail plan, and should have building controls in
relation to height, material and spread of the monuments.
Heritage and Conservation zones in Hyderabad :Hyderabad City contains innumerable archaeological, historical, educational and
recreational places of interest and is a tourists paradise.
The most important of these are described briefly in the succeeding paragraphs.
The archaeological and historical places include,among other things, the Golconda
Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs, Char Minar, Mecca Masjid and Falaknuma palace.
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