Mangaluru
The Mangaluru Chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) launched its World Heritage Week, with the inauguration of the exhibition Udupi sub-jail that survived demolition verdict by BT Obaleshappa, Superintendent of District Prison, at the Kodialguthu Centre for Arts and Culture.
The exhibition is open to the public upto November 25 from 11am to 1pm and 4pm to 7pm.Subhas Chandra Basu, Convener of the INTACH, highlighted that the documentation of the Udupi sub-jail began after the demolition tender was approved. Our aim is not only to document the Udupi sub-jail but also to propose adaptive reuse methods for its restoration to contemporary use, he stated. Architect Sharvani Bhat, sharing the experience of documenting the old jail premise, said, we started the documentation in late June, completing it in a week with a team of four. Our goal is to sensitise the public to the existence of such buildings and demonstrate ways to preserve and revitalise them. Obleshappa expressed the importance of such documentation in changing the negative public opinion towards jail buildings.
