Conservation
After being stalled for about 40 years, the master plan to beautify Mamallapuram was initiated in 2003. The Union Ministry of Tourism and Culture is financing this multi-crore project called the "Integrated Development of Mamallapuram". Clean-up work covered the area around the monuments, including fencing, laying lawns and pathways, building parks, as well as removing hawkers and encroachments. During the Son et lumiere (light and sound show) the monuments are lit up at night. While the ASI has laid the lawns and pathways around the monuments, the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) has designed the parks on both sides of the roads leading to the Shore Temple and the Five Rathas, two important monuments. There are other ambitious plans too, such as the laying of a pathway from behind the Shore Temple to the Five Rathas, and conserving more monuments.
Read more about this topic: Group Of Monuments At Mahabalipuram
Famous quotes containing the word conservation:
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—Aristide Briand (1862–1932)
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