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Art and Craft Village to promote Pakistan culture,
says CDA chief
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Indus Heritage Trust informs CDA chairman that 80 percent work on
the project has been completed
* Village to be ready for opening by June end
By Mahtab Bashir
ISLAMABAD:
The Art and Craft Village (ACV) will promote Pakistani culture and
handicrafts, as it would provide an opportunity to the foreigners
and domestic visitors to visit the village and see regional cultures
and traditional crafts at one place, said Capital Development
Authority (CDA) Chairman Tariq Mahmood Khan on Wednesday.
He made these remarks after a presentation, given by Indus Heritage
Trust (IHT) at CDA headquarters, on the village being constructed
opposite to the Rose and Jasmine Garden, Shakarparian.
“Besides providing an opportunity to the artists and artisans from
all over Pakistan to introduce and market their traditional
products, the ACV would help mix regional cultures to promote
inter-provincial harmony, said Khan. It would also help promote
Pakistan’s soft image abroad and project the folk and modern
architecture of Pakistan,” he added.
The IHT informed Khan that 80 percent work of the project had been
completed and the village would be ready for opening within the
stipulated time, which is June end. The IHT representative briefed
the chairman about different facilities to be extended to the
artists and artisan for exhibiting their products. The ACV comprises
an exhibition hall, clusters of shops for different regional
products, studios for the artists, where people would see the live
work of the artists, tea shops, hostel for the visiting craftsmen,
showrooms and folk theaters, he added.
The chairman directed the authorities concerned to complete the
project within the stipulated time. He also directed the CDA
Environment Directorate to gear up work on landscaping and
beautification of the area.
The Environment Directorate Chairman informed the chairman that they
had already transplanted 404 grown-up trees of various species in
the ACV.
Khan stressed the need for provision of all civic facilities at the
village and maximum facilities to the visiting artists and artisans
to make them feel at home during their stay at the ACV. CDA member
engineering, director general environment, director general water
management and director special project also attended the
presentation
Daily
Times: Thursday May 21,2009
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