The Kolkata chapter of the Indian Institute of Architects and Credai, Bengal will hold a first-ever joint convention early next month to discuss the heritage landscape of the city.
The two-day convention, slated for March 3-4, is expected to hammer out an economic model which can help generate revenue for maintainence of the city's heritage structers.
"The maintenence cost has always been a factor for hertitage buildings. Why not an economic model through which revenue can be generated for their maintenence?" IIA Bengal chapter chairperson Gita Balakrishnan said.