Lok Sabha Question No. 1580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: India Heritage Walk Festival
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1580 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5.3.2018

## INDIA HERITAGE WALK FESTIVAL

## 1580. SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the recently held India Heritage Walk Festival (IHWF) in the country;
- (b) the detailed list of the heritage sites and monuments under Government's control in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the measures taken for their maintenance and security; and
- (d) the action taken by the Government on destruction of a number of heritage sites, monuments and statues in country?

## ANSWER

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

## (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) No such festival has been organized by Archaeological Survey of India.
- (b) There are 3686 monuments / sites of national importance declared under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 by the Central  Government  which  are  under  control  of  Archaeological  Survey  of India.  A statement indicating State/UT-wise number of monuments / sites is given at Annexure.
- (c) Regular conservation and annual maintenance of monuments / sites is taken up  as  per  the  requirement  and  priority  considering  available  resources  on case to case basis. Further, for security besides  regular  Monument Attendants,  private  security  guards,  and  CISF  have  been  deployed  at monuments.
- (d) On  report  of  such  incidence  action  is  taken-up  as  per  provision  of  Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958. In the recent past no such destruction is reported.

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1580 FOR 5.3.2018

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 |