Metal Barricade Comes Up Around Sulthan Bathery

Metal Barricade Comes Up Around Sulthan Bathery

December 30: Sulthan Bathery in Mangalore has been  given protection by putting up an eight-foot tall metal barricade around it. The metal fence was put up on a stone masonry foundation post-Monsoon this year.
The Bathery’s fencing work was said to have been taken up by the Union Culture Ministry’s National Monuments Authority.  Architect Niren Jain, who is also the co-convener of INTACH, Mangalore Chapter, said that the authorities work in isolation rather than in collaboration with the local administration and alsomentioned that the  barricades or enclosures should appropriately be designed in sync with landscape.
Superintending Archaeologist of ASI’s Bengaluru Circle Shivakant Bajpai after getting to know about the monument being barricaded said he will visit Mangalore soon and take a decision after an inspection.