Bardhaman Dot Com News Bureau
Burdwan, 4 June 04 :
The Rurh Sanaskriti Parishad today appealed to the governor of the state to remove the university, college & government office housed in the Burdwan raj palace. A team from the organisation submitted a deputation to the Sub-Divisional Officer, Burdwan (Sadar). At their deputation, they have requested the governor to take `necessary steps for restraining further demolition of old heritage buildings at Burdwan town'. The committee have suggested to conserve the palace for tourism. A copy of the application was forwarded to the Archaeological Survey of India, Nirupam Sen, state minister of industry & commerce, the vice-chancellor of the university, Sabhadhipati of the Burdwan Zilla Parishad and Chairman & Vice-chairman of Burdwan municipality.

Incidentally, a portion of the palace was brought down by the college authority housed in it for the sake of modernisation of the college. The news was first made public by bardhaman.com.