Sambhal: A workforce from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) visited the positioning of the traditional step nicely in Chandausi right here on Wednesday to evaluate the progress in excavation work which entered the fifth day.
The ASI officers are learning the construction and the most effective strategy to proceed the excavation work.
Krishna Kumar Sonkar, the manager officer of Chandausi municipality, spoke in regards to the difficulties being confronted through the train.
“In the present day marks the fifth day of excavation. Our ASI colleagues are right here learning the positioning and evaluating the subsequent steps. Given the complexity of the construction, JCB equipment can’t be used, so guide labour is being employed. To this point, the step nicely’s construction is rising clearly, however it’s arduous to foretell how lengthy this course of will take,” Sonkar informed reporters.
The stepwell, roughly 125 to 150 years previous and overlaying an space of 400 sq. metres, was unearthed throughout excavation within the Laxman Ganj space of Chandausi right here final week.
The excavation follows the reopening of the Bhasma Shankar temple in Sambhal on December 13, after remaining closed for 46 years.
In response to native sources, the stepwell was constructed through the reign of the maternal grandfather of the king of Bilari.
