'Notre-Dame fire should be a wake-up call for India': Expert

After the devastating fire at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, a global heritage expert shared that this should serve as a "wake-up call" for India. As reported by PTI, he also suggested that the new government should conduct a "national-level fire audit" of museums and other cultural landmarks within 12 months in office. Vinod Daniel is a top museum specialist who believes that there is an urgent need of a 'state-level fire safety auditing' as a large portion of India's cultural and architectural wealth is locally governed. Last year, Daniel had cautioned authorities that a majority of museums and cultural repositories in India were at a risk of suffering grave damage.