Old wooden houses to be restored to original shape

The old wooden houses in the city will be restored to their original shape under the Walled City Project (WCP) in the 5,000 years old ‘city of saints’.

This was disclosed by WCP Chairman and Provincial Parliamentary Secretary on Information and Culture Nadeem Qureshi during a ceremony on Monday.

Under WCP, Rs32 million would be spent on restoration of the historic Sarafa Bazaar in the old city area. Parliamentary Secretary Nadeem Qureshi remarked on the occasion that there were many buildings made of wood in the old city area.

He maintained that the wooden buildings in the city’s ancient parts would be revived to their original condition with the help of experts of the related fields. Similarly, renovation work will be done in all historic mosques of the interior city areas, the chairperson of the WCP said.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 9^th, 2021.