Hyderabad, July 25 -- The Telangana State Archives and Research Department (TSARD) is one of the most exhaustive places for research in the country, but the TSARD building in the city is in bad need of renovation. The structure, situated at Tarnaka and which was built in 1965, is in dire need to repairs and upkeep.

A visit to the Telangana State Archives and Research Department (TSARD) shows worn out walls with very visible cracks, wires jutting out of their sockets in some parts of the establishment, and other lack of repairs, all of which hint at the need for a renovation.

Assistant Director of the Institute, MA Raqeeb, told Siasat.com, "A good archives department is supposed to have Conservation rooms, laboratories, fumigation chambe...