Tata Projects awarded EPC work since March 2022
Renowned architecture firm Architect Hafeez Contractor has prepared Concept Design & Plan for 5 Galleries of phase 1A of the Rs.3,500 crore National Maritime Heritage Complex near Lothal, Gujarat.
Announcing this on 12 Sept 2022, Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal gave details of the project.
a) Gallery- 1 Orientation and oceanic mythology
b) Gallery-2 Harappans: The Pioneer Seafarers
c) Gallery- 3 Post Harappan Trajectories: The Impact of Climate change
d) Gallery- 4 India’s contact with the Greco-Roman world
e) Gallery- 5 Special exhibitions
The work on concept design of Gallery 6 (Emergence of Indian Navy) is in progress by Architect Hafeez Contractor in consultation with the officials of Indian Navy. Consolidated list of artefacts for the galleries has been finalized.
The EPC work of the NMHC phase 1A has been awarded to Tata Projects Ltd since March 2022. It is targeted for completion by Mar 2024.
Life size architecture of the Lothal will be depicted in the museum. The various components like, lower town, middle town, Citadel, cemetery, houses, pattern of the street, sanitation system, wells, industries/workshop and marketplace, etc. will be depicted in the museum.
The museum will portray renowned Harappan Water Harvesting and Management system excavated at the site of Dholavira.
The project will boost the tourism in the state of Gujarat in turn developing the economy of the region including the nearby villages namely Saragwala and Utelia.
The proposed six galleries planned in the NMHC project will focus on different time periods of the Maritime history to the visitors.
Speaking at the International Conference on Green Ship Recycling and Vehicle Scrapping in Gandhinagar, Sonowal stated that the project will be developed as a new international destination for tourist and to stand at par with other renowned international museums of the world under the Sagarmala Program of the Ministry of Shipping.
“It will also create an opportunity of employment for the local people and help them develop a number of cottage industries.” fiinews.com
