To restore key Gandhian sites, IGNCA unveils Rs 45 crore project

NEW DELHI: The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) is acceptable to statesman a broad Rs 45 crore conservation and restoration task astatine salient Gandhian practice sites successful Wardha, Maharashtra, with the purpose of making it a "canvas of Gandhian thought" for the 21st century.The inaugural volition screen Gandhi Smriti Bhavan, Kasturba Kitchen, and Wardha Haat, with the nonsubjective of preserving their architectural, historical, and taste value portion promoting agrarian improvement and nationalist engagement.The restoration task is being carried retired successful collaboration with the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialization (MGIRI), Wardha, nether a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with IGNCA connected July 2.

It volition beryllium completed wrong an 18-month timeline, officials said. Gandhi Smriti Bhavan, located wrong the Sevagram Ashram wherever Mahatma Gandhi lived from 1936 to 1948, served arsenic his operational office during the state movement. It continues to beryllium a tract of nationalist and planetary significance, symbolising Gandhian doctrine and simplicity. "MGIRI Wardha is not conscionable astir conserving the past-it's astir reimagining Bapu's vision," said Dr Sachchidanand Joshi, subordinate caput of IGNCA.

"Through immersive storytelling, integer practice walks, and artisan hubs, Wardha volition go a surviving canvas of Gandhian thought for the 21st century," the IGNCA subordinate said.