Lok Sabha Question No. 425 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Documentation of Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: PARVESH SAHIB SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.425 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5.2.2018

## DOCUMENTATION OF MONUMENTS

## 425. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:

Will the Minister of CULTURE  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has documented the number of  monuments  and  historical  sites  that  are  prone  to  submergence  in  the  low lying areas of river banks in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the conservation measures carried out to protect them when they emerge during droughts and when they submerge during monsoon?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) As  per  the  latest  information  collected  from  field  offices  of  ASI  out  of  3686 monuments  /  sites,  fourteen  monuments  /  sites  are  found  to  be  prone  to submergence/submerged. The list is at Annexure.
- (b) At present, two monuments of ASI in Assam, namely, (i) the rock known as Biswanath Sivalinga, Biswanath and (ii) the carvings, inscriptions and pillar on the  Urbasi  island,  Kamarup,  emerge  when  the  river  level  of  Brahmaputra recedes.  The ASI carries out regular cleaning and conservation work of these monuments when water level recede.

ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 425 FOR 5.2.2018

## (i)  LIST  OF  CENTRALLY  PROETCTED  MONUMENTS  /  SITES  FOUND  TO  BE PRONE TO SUBMERGENCE

|   Sl. No. | Name of Monument/Site                   | State   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------|---------|
|         1 | Ananta Sayi Vishnu, Saranga             | Odisha  |
|         2 | Kapilesvara Mahadeva Temple, Hatuary    | Odisha  |
|         3 | Simhanatha Mahadeva Temple, Gopinathpur | Odisha  |
|         4 | Jagannath Temple, Jajpur                | Odisha  |
|         5 | Varahanatha Temple, Jajpur              | Odisha  |
|         6 | Asurgarh Fort, Kalahandi                | Odisha  |
|         7 | Bhubaneswar Mahadev Temple, Balia       | Odisha  |

## (ii)  LIST  OF  CENTRALLY  PROETCTED  MONUMENTS  /  SITES  SUBMERGED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION OF RESERVOIR/DAM

|   Sl. No. | Name of Monument/Site                                                                    | State          |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|         1 | Temples in five villages (Villages: Tangeda, Eliampeta, Ketavaram, Kolluru, Regulagadda) | Andhra Padesh  |
|         2 | Ratta Inscription in Narayandeva temple                                                  | Karnataka      |
|         3 | One Archaeological Site                                                                  | Karnataka      |
|         4 | Ancient Site Venivadar, Amreli                                                           | Gujarat        |
|         5 | Rock carving of Devi riding on a lion                                                    | Jammu& Kashmir |
|         6 | Rock carving of Sitala, Narada, Brahma                                                   | Jammu& Kashmir |
|         7 | Radha Krishna, Visveshwara and other caves temples                                       | Jammu& Kashmir |