SGPC: Allow us to preserve excavated structure in Golden Temple complex

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 30

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has volunteered to preserve the century-old structure found beneath a piece of land in the surroundings of the Golden Temple, if the authorities permitted.

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“The services of historians of Guru Nanak Dev University are being sought for a research on the structures. Although experts of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have mentioned that the building is not historic but of heritage value, the Tourism Department (Punjab) has been asked to take proper steps for its preservation,” said SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur.

Bibi Jagir Kaur said many such buildings could have been buried under the Galiara Scheme by the then government. “The SGPC is ready to take up the responsibility of maintaining the Galliara and the heritage street. Action will be taken in this regard soon,” she said.