The government has been urged to fund the renovation of rundown homes in Muharraq, according to heritage specifications.
The cost of maintaining ‘heritage-value’ buildings should be borne by the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (Baca) and not the owners of the properties, said the Muharraq Municipal Council.
Last month, residents of 1,300 dilapidated homes in the governorate refused to foot the bill for the revamp, threatening to knock down the properties themselves.
