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Between 2019 and 2024, the Jammu and Kashmir government undertook renovation of 15 CAPEX-funded projects and initiated work on 33 additional heritage sites across the Union Territory
While authorities have run projects for the restoration of heritage sites, preservationists argue that the pristine architecture of buildings is being compromised
The renovation of Aali Masjid, Srinagar’s second-largest mosque, has evoked concern among heritage activists who have blamed the authorities for altering the original architecture