Hyderabad, April 29 -- Architect Abha Narain Lambah appealed to Telangana governor Jishnu Dev Verma and the state government to consider nominating the 106-acre Qutb Shahi Tombs complex, Charminar and the Golconda fort for the UNESCO World Heritage site tag. The request came during a talk she was addressing at the Raj Bhavan to celebrate 100 years of Art Deco architecture.

Calling it a "sad story", Abha recalled that she had worked for the same years ago, but that the Qutb Shahi Tombs complex was not considered for the UNESCO World Heritage Site tag as one of the committee members raised the issue of its ownership. However, the architect said that the ownership is not at all an issue for UNESCO, and hence appealed to the Telangana govern...