Lok Sabha Question No. 5913 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Disappearance of Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: MANSHANKAR NINAMA, NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE, BHARAT SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5913 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.4.2017 CHAITRA 20, 1939 (SAKA)

## DISAPPEARANCE OF MONUMENTS

## +5913. SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA:

SHRI NANA PATOLE:

SHRI BHARAT SINGH:

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-wise  including  in  Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the  data  of  notified  monuments  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, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a)&(b) Archaeological Survey of India undertakes periodic review of the status of monuments all  over  the  country.    The  Performance  Audit  Report  of  Comptroller  and  Auditor General of India (CAG), laid on the table of the Parliament House on 23.8.2013 has stated  that  92  protected  monuments  were  missing.  However,  vigorous  efforts  to locate/identify the  reportedly  untraceable  monuments based on old records, revenue maps  and  published  reports  were  carried  out  by  the  respective  field  offices  of Archaeological Survey of India.  The Status of 92 monuments is as under:

| Number of monuments/sites which physically exist:             |   42 |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|------|
| 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 |

List  of  24  monuments reported missing in the country (including Uttar Pradesh) is at Annexure-I.

- (c) The  State-wise  data  of  protected  monuments/sites  of  national  importance  in  the country is at Annexure-II.  No case of complete destruction to the extent of vanishing monument has been reported.
- (d) The  procedure  to  find  out  untraceable  monuments  involve  verification  of  old  record, revenue  maps,  referring  published  reports,  physical  inspections  and  deployment  of teams  to  trace  the  missing  monuments.  Out  of  92  monuments/sites  which  were reported to be missing as per the CAG  report, after thorough efforts, 24 monuments/sites have been reported as untraceable.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)&(b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5913 FOR 10.4.2017

## 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                                                        |

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

QUESTION NO.5913 FOR 10.4.2017 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 |