Lok Sabha Question No. 3194 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-31
Subject: Violation of Guidelines of UNESCO
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3194 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.12.2018

## VIOLATION OF GUIDELINES OF UNESCO

## 3194.  SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

## SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

## SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  cases  of  violation  of  guidelines  of  United  Nations  Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)  pertaining to protection of monuments/sites  declared  as  World  Heritage  have  come  to  the  notice  of  the Government across the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State/UT-wise  and  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether the Government has provided adequate funds to conserve such protected monuments/sites across the country during the said period;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the details of the sites proposed by the Government to be included in the protected sites during the said period along with their status thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) &(b)  There  are  no  cases  of  violation  of  guidelines  of  UNESCO  pertaining  to protection of monuments/sites declared as World Heritage under Jurisdiction of ASI.
- (c)& (d)   Yes, Madam. The details of fund allocation is placed below at Annexure-I.
- (e)     The details of sites proposed are placed below at Annexure-II.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3194

Details  of  fund  allocated/expenditure  incurred  to  World  Heritage  Sites    (State/UT wise) under ASI

|   S.No | State          |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|--------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|      1 | Bihar          |   9299090 |   1171024 |   6641226 |    259260 |
|      2 | Delhi          |  70436883 |  38476744 |  61770617 | 204619704 |
|      3 | Goa            |   9199581 |   7371074 |  12847911 |   5855274 |
|      4 | Gujrat         |  37166455 |  21531591 |  16371757 |   9390979 |
|      5 | Karnataka      |  29960537 |  46559286 |  52588677 |  49786414 |
|      6 | Madhya Pradesh |  16168730 |  15133201 |   6639491 |   9122140 |
|      7 | Maharashtra    |  33663845 |  29849956 |  39690925 |  17417083 |
|      8 | Odisha         |  24457069 |   7474203 |  41417498 |  11523658 |
|      9 | Rajasthan      |  57257967 |  22413815 |  17003626 |  22762828 |
|     10 | Tamilnadu      |   7673453 |  11128877 |   7765839 |   9399956 |
|     11 | Uttar Pradesh  |  77487122 |  68581286 |  57855275 | 368278384 |

Sites under protection under Ministry of Railways (in Lakhs)

|   S.No | World heritage Sites                                                               |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 | 2018-19   |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|      1 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) (2004)                   |     60    |    137.18 |    301.48 | Not given |
|      2 | Mountain Railways of India ( Darjeeling,1999), Nilgiri (2005), Kalka- Shimla(2008) |   4853.03 |   5040.75 |   4875.28 | Not given |

Under Protection of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (in Crores)

|   S.No | Name of the Site                  |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|--------|-----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|      1 | Historic City of Ahmedabad (2017) |      7.85 |      3.04 |      9.25 |      14.5 |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3194

|   Sr No. | Year    | Details of Site Proposed                                                  | Status                                                                                                                              |
|----------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | 2015-16 | Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda University) at Nalanda | Declared as World Heriitage Site in the year of 2016 by UNESCO                                                                      |
|        2 | 2016-17 | Historic City of Ahmedabad                                                | Declared as World Heriitage Site in the year of 2017 by UNESCO                                                                      |
|        3 | 2017-18 | Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai                                 | Declared as World Heriitage Site in the year of 2018 by UNESCO                                                                      |
|        4 | 2018-19 | The Walled city of Jaipur                                                 | Proposal for inscription was submitted to UNESCO WH Centre in Feb, 2018. ICOMOS expert has already visited the site for inspection. |