Lok Sabha Question No. 3979 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Construction around Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3979 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2017 CHAITRA 6, 1938 (SAKA)

## CONSTRUCTION AROUND MONUMENTS

## 3979. SHRI  P. NAGARAJAN:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to grant permission for the construction work for the benefit of the people near a prohibited area of the Monuments across the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  kind  of  construction  works  proposed  to  be allowed near the monuments; and
- (c) the total number of monuments presently prohibited for undertaking construction work across the country, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a)&(b) As per the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (as amended in 2010) persons having buildings or houses in the prohibited area (within  100  metres  zone  from  protected  monuments)  of  any  Centrally  protected monument may undertake repairs and renovation after obtaining permission from the  Competent  Authority  on  the  recommendation  of  the  National  Monuments Authority.      Further,  in  case  of  regulated  area  (200  metres  zone  further  beyond prohibited area) the persons may undertake construction, reconstruction, repairs and renovation only  after obtaining  permission from  the Competent Authority  on the recommendation of National Monuments Authority.
- (c) Provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (as amended  in 2010) are applicable on 3686 centrally protected monuments/sites under Archaeological Survey of India. The State-wise number is at Annexure.

ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3979 FOR 27.3.2017

NUMBER OF CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS/ SITES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA IN THE COUNTRY

| Sl.No.   | Name of State       |   Monuments/Sites |
|----------|---------------------|-------------------|
| 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.      | Tamilnadu           |               413 |
| 29.      | Tripura             |                08 |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh       |               743 |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand         |                42 |
| 32.      | West Bengal         |               136 |
|          | TOTAL               |              3686 |