Assistant Conservator Yog Raj said he had written a letter to the NZCC stating that Sheesh Mahal was a protected monument and such private functions should not be held in the portion occupied by the NZCC. He pointed out in the letter that the NZCC did not take permission to hold the function from either the officer in charge or senior officers of the department at the headquarters. He said the minarets and 'jhula' installed over the water tank could be endangered by movement of people in hundreds, if not thousands.

Mr Yog Raj said only a small portion of the railing which had fallen over several years could be used again and that the joints had been accumulated in a store in complex. Most of the railing would have to be installed again He said the foundations of the railing which were still standing in the minarets needed to be strengthened to ensure they did not fall off easily. For this only plaster work needed to be done.