Excelsior Correspondent
LEH, Mar 15: The Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Brigadier (Retd), Dr B D Mishra held a meeting with the Secretary and other concerned officials of Information & Public Relations along with the consultants and executing agency to discuss the proposal for the construction of the Media Center-cum-Office Complex of Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), Leh.
Rohit from Rohit Mudaliar Architects apprised the LG of the revisions made in the design of the structure housing the auditorium and the office complex comprising the auditorium, office space, community facilities such as art studio, photo exhibition, art gallery, library-cum-digital archive; café, parking area, etc as suggested by the LG. He informed that an extra floor has been added to the disabled-friendly and centrally-heated structure and the seating capacity of the auditorium has been increased to 170 seats, including the balcony with 28 seats. He also informed that all the structures, including the eateries/cafeteria, which was earlier planned outside the structure, have now been incorporated into the structure to provide more walking space to the spectators.
The LG commended the officials for increasing the seating capacity. He highlighted the need to utilise architectural skills to provide maximum seating capacity keeping its utility in the future in mind along with focusing on safety and security measures. He also asked to exclude the sentry box at the entrance and have an appropriate security guard duty location to make the whole structure visually more aesthetic.
The LG asked the consultant to change the tread and riser of the stairs leading to the office complex on the first floor and add a foyer-like area to ensure that the office staff doesn’t feel claustrophobic. He also asked to keep the library open, detach the pantry from the toilet complex, utilise the record room as a stationery room, include locker system and compactors in the storage room and put transparent/ opaque glasses with ventilation facility on the roof to control the sunlight and luminosity with optimum atmospheric air.
Secretary, I&PR, Vikram Singh Malik; Joint Director, I&PR, Imteeaz Kacho; Assistant Director, DIPR Leh, Dr Tundup Namgail along with consultant/architect and engineers from CPWD joined the meeting physically/virtually.
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