Monuments In Danger

A presentation by:Bhaskar Gupta

(1st year)Chemical Engineering

GENERAL ASKED QUESTIONS

WHAT IS MONUMENTS?

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF MONUMENTS?

HOW THEY ARE AFFECTED BY US?

ARE THEY ARE IN DANGER?

IF YES, THEN HOW CAN WE PREVENT THEM?

WHAT IS THE NEED TO PRESEVE MONUMENTS

WHAT IS MONUMENT

A statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a notable person or event.

SOME MONUMENTS IN INDIA

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF MONUMENTS…????

MONUMENTS ARE THE REMENBERENCE OF HISTORY.

MONUMENTS KEEP THE PAST ALIVE IN STONE.

MONUMENTS ARE THE SYMBOL OF INDIAN CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION.

WITHOUT MONUMENTS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR ARCHITECTS TO BUILT STRUCTURES IN PRESENT DAYS.

MONUMENTS HELPS TO DESCRIBE THE LIFE OF THE ANCIENT TIME AND BRING IT BACK TO THE PRESENT TIME.

INDIA: CULTURE AND NATURAL SITES

THE INDIAN MONUMENTS ARE THE LIVING EXAMPLES WHICH TAKES US BACK TO 1000’s OF YEARS AND HELPS IN EXPLORING THE HISTORY OF INDIA.

THESE MONUMENTS IN INDIA OFFERS A GREAT HELP TO STUDY AND KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ANCIENT CIVILISATION OF INDIA.

THEY ALSO ATTRACTS A LARGE NUMBER OF TOURISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

EVERY MONUMENT HAS A STORY BEHIND IT AND HAS A LANDMARK STATUS IN THE HISTORY OF INDIA….

POLLUTION is affecting the MONUMENTS

MONUMENTS ARE GETTING SPOILED, THERE IS NOT ONE BUT MANY WAYS IN WHICH THE VALUABLE AND LITERALLY NON-RENEWABLE STRUCTURES CREATED ORIGINALLY BY ANCIENT ARTIST OF DIFFERENT ARE GETTING RUINED…

THE CHEMICALS ARE RELEASED AND MERGED IN THE AIR THROUGH MOTOR VEHICALS, COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS, PLASTIC FACTORIES AND OTHER HEAVY INDUSTRIES. EVEN SPRAYING OF PESTICIDES AND CHEMICALS IN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS ARE HARMING THE QUALITY. THESE BAD ELEMENTS SHARE HANDS WITH THE ACTS CAUSING HARM TO OUR HERITAGE. ALL THESE NEGATIVE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR TOGETHER ARE RUINING THE ENVIRONMENT, BASIC LIFE AND ALSO OUR VERY PRESTIGIOUS AND PRECIOUS WORLD HERITAGE SITES….

TAJMAHAL, AGRA

BUILD 350 YEARS AGO BY MUGAL EMPEROR “SHAH JAHAN” AS A MAUSOLEUM FOR HIS WIFE “MUMTAZ”, THE TAJ MAHAL WAS BUILT OF MARBLE, JADE,TURQUOISE,LAPIS LAZULI, OTHER PRECIOUS STONE

THE TAJMAHAL IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS “THE JEWEL OF MUSLIM ART” IN INDIA AND ONE OF THE UNIVERSALLY ADMIRED MASTERPIECES OF WORLD HERITAGE

BUT its shimmering white walls have BEGUN TO FADE owing to the effect of pollution from vehicles, factories and workshop in the nearly city of AGRA. POLLUTION has begun to mar the walls of monuments…

YOU YOURSELF SEE THE DIFFERENCE

SOME POLLUTED IMAGES OF TAJMAHAL

DON’T SCRIBBLE THE MONUMENT

IT IS OUR RESPONCIBILITY TO PROTECT OUR MONUMENTS....