Lok Sabha Question No. 2137 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Disappearance of Protected Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTUE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2137 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1.1.2018

## DISAPPEARANCE OF PROTECTED MONUMENTS

## 2137. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the  Archaeological  Survey  of  India  (ASI)  have  conducted  any  survey regarding missing monuments in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the cases reported till date, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the  data  of  protected  monuments/sites  of  national  importance  in  the  country, State-wise along with the data of those monuments which have been completely destroyed and vanished; and
- (d) the  corrective  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  locate  /  trace  / restore  and  recover  the  missing  monuments  in  the  country  along  with  the targets achieved so far?

## ANSWER

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

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a)& (b) Yes, Madam.  The survey was carried out and status is as under:
- (c) The  State-wise  protected  monuments  /  sites  is  at  Annexure-I.    The  details  of missing / untraceable monuments are at Annexure-II.
- (d) The steps taken to locate / trace / restore and recover the missing monuments include  verification  of  old  records,  revenue  maps,  referring  published  reports, physical inspection and deployment of team to trace them.

Number of monuments/sites affected due to rapid urbanization:

14

Number of monuments/sites submerged under reservoir/dam:

12

Number of monuments/sites which are untraceable:

24

ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO.2137  FOR 1.1.2018 NUMBER OF CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS/SITES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA IN THE COUNTRY

| Sl.No.   | Name of State       |   Nos. of Monuments |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh      |                 129 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh   |                  03 |
| 3.       | Assam               |                  55 |
| 4.       | Bihar               |                  70 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh        |                  47 |
| 6.       | Daman & Diu (U. T.) |                  12 |
| 7.       | Goa                 |                  21 |
| 8.       | Gujarat             |                 203 |
| 9.       | Haryana             |                  91 |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh    |                  40 |
| 11.      | Jammu & Kashmir     |                  69 |
| 12.      | Jharkhand           |                  13 |
| 13.      | Karnataka           |                 506 |
| 14.      | Kerala              |                  28 |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh      |                 292 |
| 16.      | Maharashtra         |                 285 |
| 17.      | Manipur             |                  01 |
| 18.      | Meghalaya           |                  08 |
| 19.      | Mizoram             |                  01 |
| 20.      | Nagaland            |                  04 |
| 21.      | N.C.T. Delhi        |                 174 |
| 22.      | Odisha              |                  79 |
| 23.      | Puducherry (U.T.)   |                  07 |
| 24.      | Punjab              |                  33 |
| 25.      | Rajasthan           |                 162 |
| 26.      | Sikkim              |                  03 |
| 27.      | Telangana           |                  08 |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu          |                 413 |
| 29.      | Tripura             |                  08 |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh       |                 743 |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand         |                  42 |
| 32.      | West Bengal         |                 136 |
|          | TOTAL               |                3686 |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2137 FOR 1.1.2018

## LIST OF MONUMENTS/SITES WHICH ARE UNTRACEABLE

| Assam             | Assam                                                                                   |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.                | Guns of Emperor Sher Shah, Sadia, Tinsukia                                              |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                       |
| 2.                | The Ruins of Copper Temple,Paya, Lohit                                                  |
| Haryana           | Haryana                                                                                 |
| 3.                | Kos Minar, Mujesar, Faridabad                                                           |
| 4.                | Kos Minar, Shahabad, Kurukshetra                                                        |
| Uttarakhand       | Uttarakhand                                                                             |
| 5.                | Kutumbari Temple, Dwarahat, Almora                                                      |
| Delhi             | Delhi                                                                                   |
| 6.                | Bara Khamba Cemetery, Delhi                                                             |
| 7.                | Inchla Wali Gumti, Mubarakpur Kotla                                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh    | Madhya Pradesh                                                                          |
| 8.                | Rock Inscription, Satna                                                                 |
| Maharashtra       | Maharashtra                                                                             |
| 9.                | Old European Tomb, Pune                                                                 |
| 10.               | One Buruj, Agarkot                                                                      |
| Rajasthan         | Rajasthan                                                                               |
| 11.               | Inscription in Fort, Nagar, Tonk                                                        |
| 12.               | 12 th Century Temple, Baran                                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh     | Uttar Pradesh                                                                           |
| 13.               | Ruins of three small linga temple circle 1000 AD, Ahugi Mirzapur                        |
| 14.               | Three sites with megaliths on the western and north eastern toes of the hill, Chandauli |
| 15.               | Tablet on treasury building, Varanasi                                                   |
| 16.               | Telia Nala Buddhist ruins, Varanasi                                                     |
| 17.               | A Banyan grove containing traces of ancient building, Amavey, Ballia                    |
| 18.               | Closed Cemetery, Katra Naka, Banda                                                      |
| 19.               | Gunner Burkill's Tomb, Mehroni, Lalitpur                                                |
| 20.               | Three Tomb, Lucknow-Faizabad Road, Lucknow                                              |
| 21.               | Cemeteries at miles 6 and 7, Jahraila Road, Lucknow                                     |
| 22.               | Cemetery at Gaughat, Lucknow                                                            |
| 23.               | Large ruined site called Sandi-Khera, Pali, Shahabad, Hardoi                            |
| West Bengal       | West Bengal                                                                             |
| 24.               | Ruins of fort, Bamanpukur, Nadia                                                        |