100 yrs old Mangaluru municipality building to be retained

Mangaluru: Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) old building will be retained and restored in memory of where MCC had begun.

The 100 years old building located near the Old Port at Bunder, with an area of about 6000 Sqft, is in a dilapidated condition at present, and reminds the rich culture and heritage of Mangaluru and it remains as a heritage structure.

The Mangaluru Smart City Limited (MSCL) has invited views and suggestions from citizens for the restoration of the building and its premises.

MCC commissioner and MSCL managing director Mohammed Nazeer told a news channel that the old municipality building, which was built approximately 100 years ago during British era will be restored based on experts’s suggestions. “The way forward is firstly to document and restore the building to its old glory. Secondly, views of experts are required towards assigning a new lease of life by suggesting adaptive reuse keeping in mind the location and heritage value of the building. Suggestions are being invited from experts as to how the heritage structure can be restored without damaging it,” Nazeer said.

He added that the Old Deputy Commissioner’s Office building located near the present DC office will be developed as an Art Gallery under the Smart City project.