Chandigarh, Dec. 4 -- The much-awaited plan for the upgrade and conservation of Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, has finally been approved after a wait of nearly seven years. The clearance was given during a joint meeting of the museum advisory committee and the sub-committee of the Chandigarh Heritage Conservation Committee, chaired by chief secretary H Rajesh Prasad, on Wednesday.

The detailed project report (DPR), prepared by the Development and Research Organisation for Nature, Arts and Heritage (DRONAH), will now be submitted to the Ministry of Culture to seek funding under the Museum Grant Scheme.

The Government Museum and Art Gallery, a Grade-I heritage structure designed by Le Corbusier, houses rare collections incl...