Board approval: 1st Nov 2013 \ Rs. 10 million

The two-storey Mohatta Palace is one of Karachi’s most impressive monuments; built in 1927, the building is an ashlar masonry construction with lintels, beams, floor/roof slabs, domes and stairs of RCC. The pink stone used in the building construction was brought from Jodhpur, now in India.

Condition

The southern central Jodhpur stone canopy of the Museum building has gone out of plane towards the south. The leaning canopy is subjected to continuous stress and poses a hazard to visitors. Furthermore, the unbalanced transfer of weight of the leaning canopy also threatens the stability of the ashlar masonry.The EFT has approved funds for restoration of the wood works, sand blasting, measuring, monitoring and control of the outward inclination of the canopy. The manpower and equipment required for conducting a high-precision survey includes a terrestrial laser scanner survey, a robotic total station survey of the leaning canopy and data analysis and processing, all of which are not available in the country; the problem is therefore not likely to be solved without foreign expertise and assistance.