Lok Sabha Question No. 198 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: Buildings Identified by ASI
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami, Shardaben Anilbhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.198 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2019

## BUILDINGS IDENTIFIED BY ASI

## +198. SHRI DULAL CHAND GOSWAMI: SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANIL BHAI PATEL:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the buildings of Archaeological importance identified under Indian Archaeological Survey (ASI) so far in the country;
- (b) whether  it  has  come  to  the  notice  of  the  Government  that  the  buildings  of Archaeological  importance  have  been  destroyed  and  these  sites  have  been developed as hotels, clubs, complexes and marriage halls; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

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

## (PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a) There are 3691 monuments/sites declared Centrally Protected under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 and looked after by Archaeological  Survey  of  India  (ASI).    A  statement  indicating  State/UT-wise number of monuments/sites is given at Annexure.
- (b) No such incident has been reported at any centrally protected monument.
- (c) Does not arise.

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.198 FOR 18.11.2019

## 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         |                 286 |
| 17.      | Manipur             |                  01 |
| 18.      | Meghalaya           |                  08 |
| 19.      | Mizoram             |                  01 |
| 20.      | Nagaland            |                  04 |
| 21.      | N.C.T. Delhi        |                 174 |
| 22.      | Odisha              |                  80 |
| 23.      | Puducherry (U.T.)   |                  07 |
| 24.      | Punjab              |                  33 |
| 25.      | Rajasthan           |                 163 |
| 26.      | Sikkim              |                  03 |
| 27.      | Telangana           |                  08 |
| 28.      | Tamil Nadu          |                 413 |
| 29.      | Tripura             |                  08 |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh       |                 745 |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand         |                  42 |
| 32.      | West Bengal         |                 136 |
|          | TOTAL               |                3691 |