Lok Sabha Question No. 1201 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-25
Subject: Conversion of Historical Buildings as Hotels
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1201 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2019

## CONVERSION OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AS HOTELS

- +1201. SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI):

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the archaeological buildings identified under Archaeological Survey of India in the country so far;
- (b) whether archaeological buildings have been destroyed and have been reconstructed as hotels, clubs, complexes and marriage halls;
- (c) whether the Government has taken note of this matter; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## 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)&(d) Does not arise.

ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO.1201 FOR 25.11.2019

ABSTRACT  OF  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 (U.T.) |                  56 |
| 12.      | Jharkhand              |                  12 |
| 13.      | Karnataka              |                 506 |
| 14.      | Kerala                 |                  28 |
| 15.      | Ladakh (U.T.)          |                  14 |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh         |                 292 |
| 17.      | Maharashtra            |                 286 |
| 18.      | Manipur                |                  01 |
| 19.      | Meghalaya              |                  08 |
| 20.      | Mizoram                |                  01 |
| 21.      | Nagaland               |                  04 |
| 22.      | N.C.T. Delhi           |                 174 |
| 23.      | Odisha                 |                  80 |
| 24.      | Puducherry (U.T.)      |                  07 |
| 25.      | Punjab                 |                  33 |
| 26.      | Rajasthan              |                 163 |
| 27.      | Sikkim                 |                  03 |
| 28.      | Telangana              |                  08 |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu             |                 413 |
| 30.      | Tripura                |                  08 |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh          |                 745 |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand            |                  42 |
| 33.      | West Bengal            |                 136 |
|          | TOTAL                  |                3691 |