Sanskrit, Persian Manuscripts to be Digitalized in Kashmir
T he Jammu and Kashmir Government is in the process of digitalizing the manuscripts in Sanskrit, Persian, Balti and Hindi languages kept in the Alama Iqbal Library and Rs 92 lakh would be spent on the project. Minister of State for Education G M Lone said the CDs after digital documentation of the scripts would be kept in all the major libraries, including the SRS Library at Jammu. He said digitalization of the Sanskrit manuscripts is in progress and the project is expected to be completed soon. Dr Lone said there are 6000 manuscripts in the Alama Iqbal University, including 2500 in Sanskrit and Hindi, and 3366 in Persian and Balti. The Minister said measures have been taken to modernize the major libraries in the State and the information has also been made available at the website. Dr Lone said the S P Library at Srinagar would be shifted to the newly-constructed building at the College of Education here whi! ch is under construction for which Rs 7 crore have been earmarked. He said a massive construction programme has been started for developing libraries in Jammu and Kashmir. Rs 8.49 crore would be spent on the programme. The construction of the Anantnag Library building has been completed at a cost of Rs 65 lakh and work on the library complex at Kupwara is also nearing completion at a cost of Rs 49 lakh, besides the execution work on the Pulwama Library complex is in progress involving a cost of Rs 35 lakh, he added. (UNI)
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