To prevent flooding, wall height at Albert Hall to be raised

Jaipur: Electricity is disconnected in the Albert Hall since the control room of the museum got flooded with rainwater during downpour in the city on August 14.

The officials are planning to make some emergency arrangements to prevent this from happening again at Rajasthan’s oldest museum .

Director state archaeology and museum department Prakash Sharma said that sudden flooding of the museum happened because of the low boundary level at the parking lot. “We are planning to raise the boundary wall and the ramp near the parking lot. We have already constructed a cemented wall for the time being but the project will be expanded,” Sharma.

On Friday last week, basement of Albert Hall and office of state archaeology and museum department, Jaipur was five-feet underwater which caused damage to the files and other objects. The department is also planning to install permanent mud-pumps in the basement and two in the premises of the museum so that in future if such situation occurs, they do not have to depend on outside help.