PRINCIPAL Secretary, Tourism, Gitika Kalha today stressed the club troika in the Company Gardens will have to go for the sake of heritage.

Interacting with members of these clubs, Kalha said as the clubs occupied a major portion of area in the garden, which is related to Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s heritage, they were creating obstacles in the ongoing conservation work.

Asserting that the Centre had sanctioned Rs 200 crore to conserve the Holy City’s heritage and promote it as a tourist place, Kalha said the key factors of the conservation plan included the heritage of the Golden Temple and the legacy of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

Kalha said as far as the Maharaja’s heritage is concerned, a survey of the historic Gobindgarh Fort has been conducted and Rs 10 crore have been sanctioned for its conservation. She added that the estimated cost of the project was Rs 50 crore, while Rs 6 crore had been set aside for the heritage outside the fort, which includes the Ram Bagh Gate and other edifices.

“The work on conservation of the Company Garden, the only Persian Garden left in the country, will begin in July,” she said. Veteran CPI leader Satya Pal Dang, terming these clubs as places of enjoyment and pleasure for the rich, also said that these should go.