France to help check sale of Chandigarh heritage

Chandigarh, October 20

A visiting French delegation has agreed to help the UT in checking the sale of smuggled heritage furniture in France. In a letter to UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore, Ajay Jagga, member, Heritage Items Protection Cell, Chandigarh, stated that he had a detailed meeting on the issue of movable heritage items such as furniture, manhole covers and light fixtures with the French delegation comprising Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens, Director of French Institute and Counsellor for Cooperation and Cultural Affairs, and Isabelle Vierget-Rias, Cultural Attaché, French Embassy.

The French delegation offered help in preserving the heritage and stopping the sale of smuggled furniture in France, he said. It was proposed to have a joint body of India and France for the purpose of preserving and saving the heritage of the city and bringing it back to Chandigarh, he said. — TNS