Bhopal: A day after the Iqbal library was flooded with stormwater, mayor Alok Sharma visited the library and assured all help to the prestigious building. The library would mark its 78th establishment day on October 1.On Tuesday, Iqbal library was submerged in almost six feet of water. He also instructed BMC officials to provide adequate space at nearby BMC building, where 40 book shelfs from Iqbal Library had been shifted. He was greeted by Iqbal library representative Rashid Anjum and others.The representatives of the 77-year-old library informed Sharma about the damage to books and other collections. The collection includes some 70,000 books.After the first waterlogging incident on August 27, Iqbal library representatives had approached Sharma during the mayor's Choupal.
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