Help Save Darjeeling Museum says FOSEP

"Don't Let Them Ruin Our Heritage - Help Save Darjeeling Museum" says FOSEP

Taking exception to the proposed transfer of Darjeeling Museum from its current premise, near Alice Villa hotel to the Darjeeling Zoo premise, the Federation of Societies for Environmental Protection (FOSEP) has requested people to help save our heritage.

Darjeeling Museum

Speaking to the press Mr. Bharat Prakash Rai the coordinator for FOSEP said, "the Bengal Natural History Museum is situated in a historical building and when it will be moved, the entire essence of the museum, which is to project and protect the natural heritage of Darjeeling will be lost."

He alleged that the former Darjeeling Zoo Director A K Jha had arbitrarily decided to move the Museum to the Zoo campus, without understanding the significance of the current location.

Mr. Rai further accused that " A K Jha had indulged in massive corruption of Crores of rupees in building a new museum premise within the Zoo campus, and we have filed a CBI case against him, because of which he has been suspended from work right now."

The Darjeeling museum was originally established in the year 1903 and was situated in the Darjeeling botanical garden, and was moved to the current location, Old Secretariat Building, in 1914-15.

Mr Rai requested all the local people, conservationists, political parties and civil society groups to help FOSEP to prevent the shifting of the Museum.

Source: TheDC

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