Haryana To Set Up International Level Museum At Panchkula

14 May, Chandigarh

The Haryana Government will soon set up an international level museum at Panchkula at a cost of Rs 30 crore to display significant archaeological findings.

Addressing a press conference in Chandigarh Wednesday , State Archeology Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said, a state-level museum at a cost of Rs 5 crore will also be set up at Rakhigarhi village in Hisar district to display various items excavated at Rakhigarhi which is the biggest site of Harappan civilization in the South-east Asia.

Sharma said, while the work to set up museum at Panchkula would commence within next 3 to 4 months, the work on museum at Rakhigarhi would be taken up within a month.