Lok Sabha Question No. 1246 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-19
Subject: Development of Protected Monuments in Delhi
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Meenakashi Lekhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1246

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.09.2020

## DEVELOPMENT OF PROTECTED MONUMENTS IN DELHI

1246. SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  monuments  which  are  declared  to  be  of  national  importance in Delhi;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  drawn  any  short-term,  mid-term  and  long-term plans for the conservation, restoration and overall development of the protected monuments  in  Delhi  for  posterity  and  to  make  them  as  popular  tourist destinations and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  expenditure  incurred  on  conservation, restoration,  scientific  preservation  and  environmental  development  on  each protected monument  in  Delhi  during the last three years, including the current financial year?

## ANSWER

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

(PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a) 173 monuments are declared as of National   importance in NCT of Delhi.
- (b) The conservation, restoration, preservation,   annual maintenance and overall development of the protected monuments in   Delhi is continuous phenomenon taken up by Archaeological Survey of India as per the requirement, considering availability of funds and resources.
- (c) The funds allocated and expenditure incurred for conservation, preservation, maintenance, scientific preservation and environmental development of  centrally protected   monuments in Delhi during the last three years   and the current financial year is at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1246 FOR 19.09.2020

EXPENDITURE  INCURRED  DURING  THE  LAST  THREE  YEARS  AND  CURRENT YEAR FOR CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT  OF CENETRALLY RPTOECTED MONUMENTS/SITES

Amount in Rupees

| Sl. No.   | Name of Monument                                     | Expenditure incurred   | Expenditure incurred   | Expenditure incurred   | Expenditure incurred     |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of Monument                                     | 2017-18                | 2018-19                | 2019-20                | 2020-21 (Upto August'20) |
| 1.        | Qila Rai Pithora Conservation Centre                 | 261663                 | 692317                 | 593650                 | 387482                   |
| 2.        | Qila Rai Pithora M.B. Road                           | 84059                  | 159985                 | 42187                  | 298347                   |
| 3.        | Sultan Gauri Tomb                                    | 56941                  | 110162                 | 289019                 | 160951                   |
| 4.        | Jamali Kamali Tomb and mosque                        | 125517                 | 100535                 | 264993                 | 140043                   |
| 5.        | Hauz-i-Shamshi (Jahaj Mahal)                         | 918691                 | 789262                 | 4502353                | 1559436                  |
| 6.        | Mandi Mosque                                         | 215954                 | 100535                 | 212843                 | 139495                   |
| 7.        | Jaffar Mahal (Qutb)                                  | 122760                 | 100535                 | 220840                 | 140043                   |
| 8.        | Area between Jamali Kamali and Balban's Tomb         | 311724                 | 389769                 | 4454643                | 140043                   |
| 9.        | Adam's Khan Tomb                                     | 169990                 | 100535                 | 207859                 | 140043                   |
| 10.       | Rajao Ki Baoli                                       | 254524                 | 187860                 | 418391                 | 306826                   |
| 11.       | Azim Khan Tomb                                       | 40995                  | 71534                  | 207859                 | 137151                   |
| 12.       | Gandhak Ki Baoli                                     | 330024                 | 223039                 | 491416                 | 307669                   |
| 13.       | Illumination of Qila Rai Pithora Conservation centre | 0                      | 0                      | 2003825                | 232890                   |
| 14.       | Qutb Archaeological Area                             | 1362935 9              | 19881674               | 20266575               | 4607985                  |
| 15.       | Iron Pillar Hindu Remains (Mehrauli) Qutb Complex    | 413178                 | 261483                 | 509394                 | 282765                   |
| 16.       | Illumination at Qutb                                 | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      |                          |
| 17.       | Bijay Mandal, neighbouring domes, building & Dalans  | 523911                 | 82509                  | 887461                 | 362948                   |
| 18.       | Nili Mosque and Maqdoomi mosque                      | 0                      | 64667                  | 351429                 | 72432                    |
| 19.       | Begumpuri mosque                                     | 443800                 | 82409                  | 693427                 | 468344                   |
| 20.       | Kali Gumti                                           | 0                      | 38796                  | 372418                 | 112007                   |

|   21. | Choti Gumti                                                                                                        |   160188 |   60824 |   34653 |    1476 |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|
|    22 | Sakri Gumti                                                                                                        |        0 |       0 |   23526 |    7647 |
|    23 | Wazirpur Complex                                                                                                   |   170064 |   87040 |  242226 |   61701 |
|    24 | Mohammadpur Teen Burj                                                                                              |   152307 |   73538 |  386778 |   33803 |
|    25 | Bara Khamba (Hauz Khas)                                                                                            |   167586 |   85197 |  302624 |  118542 |
|    26 | Munda Gumbad                                                                                                       |   291520 |   82409 |  341501 |  131521 |
|    27 | Biwi or Dadi and Bandi or Poti Ka Gumbad                                                                           |   126946 |  166904 |  268461 |   38496 |
|    28 | Toffe wala Gumabd                                                                                                  |        0 |   38796 |  406607 |   67720 |
|    29 | Biran Ka Gumbad                                                                                                    |        0 |   13350 |  127889 |   31190 |
|    30 | Hauz Khas Complex                                                                                                  |  1438225 | 1338287 | 1630057 | 1925465 |
|    31 | Rakabwala Gumbad                                                                                                   |   214673 |  138009 |  293971 |  212800 |
|    32 | Mosque attached to Mubarakshah Tomb, Hauz Khas                                                                     |        0 |       0 |  380552 |  255732 |
|    33 | Kale Khan Bhure Khan Tomb                                                                                          |   269623 |   95838 |  329521 |  276975 |
|    34 | Satpullah Malviya Nagar                                                                                            |   180982 |   73465 |  213505 |  222371 |
|    35 | Chote Khan Bare Khan Tomb                                                                                          |   264284 |  302735 |  212761 |   95102 |
|    36 | Internal Building of Siri Fort in village in Shahpur Jat, Mohammadi wali mosque, makhdum ki masjid, Thanewala dome |   571425 |  556593 |  687978 |  414549 |
|    37 | Lal Gumbad, Chirag Delhi                                                                                           |   152811 |       0 |  212769 |  140238 |
|    38 | Khirki Mosque                                                                                                      |   440108 |  169536 | 5072612 |  278669 |
|    39 | Maqdoomshah Mosque                                                                                                 |   167015 |  243991 |       0 |  246562 |
|    40 | Moth ki masjid                                                                                                     |    81522 |   64544 |   93440 |  104737 |
|    41 | Behlol Lodhi Tomb and mohammad wali mosque                                                                         |   156987 |   73465 |  212758 |  140238 |
|    42 | Ruined line of wall, bastion and gateway of Siri Kh. No. 88, 265 & 447 of village Shahpur Jat                      |  1170904 |  126642 | 1285427 |  333016 |
|    43 | Ashokan Rock Edict                                                                                                 |   161676 |   73465 |  316536 |  160887 |
|    44 | Sarai Shahji                                                                                                       |   162504 |   73465 |  306490 |  323654 |
|    45 | Internal Building of Siri Fort, Children Museum Building                                                           |  1135363 |  579892 | 1002951 |  976289 |
|    46 | Yusuf Qattal                                                                                                       |    89307 |  227925 |  155955 |  108681 |
|    47 | Kala Gumbad                                                                                                        |        0 |   64544 |  378050 |   82749 |
|    48 | Adilabad Fort Complex                                                                                              |   308940 |  266212 |  443765 |  594122 |
|    49 | Nai-ka-kot                                                                                                         |   102015 |  133404 |  221413 |  118982 |
|    50 | Tughlaqabad Fort                                                                                                   |  2362327 | 6028562 | 2880104 |  189458 |
|    51 | Ghyasuddin Tughlaq                                                                                                 |   621482 |  557039 |  799329 |  681324 |

|     | Tomb                                                                                                          |                  |            |           |                |
|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|------------|-----------|----------------|
| 53. | Tughlaqbadshah Electricity and water supply charges at Red                                                    | 227499 1367776 0 | 85819      |    284835 | 119765 3802231 |
|     | Fort Complex, Delhi                                                                                           |                  | 16398851   |  23248099 |                |
| 54. | Red Fort Complex                                                                                              | 3380890 2        | 18871136 8 | 133260823 | 14940930       |
| 55. | Delhi Gate, Lahori Gate, fortification wall adjoining cells, gyanpath and T-5 parking area at Red Fort, Delhi | 4447836          | 271399     |     32200 | 0              |
| 56. | Salimgarh Fort at Red Fort                                                                                    | 611470           | 195174     |   2962778 | 1168235        |
| 57. | Khan-i-khana Tomb                                                                                             | 402912           | 206128     |    987098 | 165781         |
| 58. | Arab ki Sarai                                                                                                 | 353366           | 205775     |    461765 | 241015         |
| 59. | Bara Khamba (Niz.)                                                                                            | 153432           | 91255      |    221018 | 119765         |
| 60. | Chausath Khamba (Niz.)                                                                                        | 140768           | 110628     |    358059 | 166563         |
| 61. | Afsah-wala-ki-masjid situated outside the west gate of Humayun's Tomb with its dalans and paved court         | 197728           | 106254     |    363919 | 161081         |
| 62. | Tomb of Mirza muzaffar, Bada batasha                                                                          | 170810           | 187129     |    378539 | 168914         |
| 63. | Lakkarwala Tomb,                                                                                              | 187806           | 83947      |    358059 | 179554         |
| 64. | Isa Khan Tomb and Mosque                                                                                      | 199034           | 186111     |    620781 | 58362          |
| 65. | Nila Gumbad (Niz.)                                                                                            | 141790           | 106984     |    221018 | 155645         |
| 66. | Mirza Galib (Niz.)                                                                                            | 4047             | 0          |    149382 | 0              |
| 67. | Atgah Khan Tomb                                                                                               | 136273           | 109519     |    223948 | 114282         |
| 68. | Subz Burj (Mathura Road)                                                                                      | 145170           | 101744     |    226878 | 119765         |
| 69. | Sunderwala Mahal                                                                                              | 0                | 0          |         0 | 8856           |
| 70. | Humayun's Tomb Complex                                                                                        | 3487525          | 2544686    |   8603937 | 2148438        |
| 71. | Jahaz Mahal                                                                                                   | 27666            | 226346     |    455577 | 140043         |
| 72. | sunder wala burj i.e. Sunder Nursery (Niz.)                                                                   | 86926            | 78205      |    223948 | 119765         |
| 73. | Tomb of Niz. Aulia Baoli Tomb                                                                                 | 0                | 85950      |         0 | 177298         |
| 74. | Bagh-e-alam                                                                                                   | 151290           | 47667      |    338236 | 44667          |
| 75. | Chor Minar                                                                                                    | 227708           | 125427     |    250920 | 7647           |
| 76. | Idgah                                                                                                         | 0                | 0          |      3948 | 21363          |
| 77. | Khan-e-Shahid Tomb                                                                                            | 1726559          | 165357     |         0 | 0              |
| 78. | Gateway of Lal Kot, Ladosarai                                                                                 | 0                | 0          |    168835 | 0              |

|   79. | Bastion where a wall of Jahanpanah meets the wall of Rai Pithora's Fort, Adchini Kh. No. 99   | 0       | 0       |   269042 |       0 |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|----------|---------|
|    80 | Ramp and gateway of Rai Pithora Fort, Adchini Kh. No. 99                                      | 0       | 0       |    60431 |       0 |
|    81 | Qudsia Mosque, Kashmiri Gate                                                                  | 738828  | 6754696 |   761141 |  362386 |
|    82 | Pir Ghaib at Kashmiri Gate                                                                    | 2139878 | 164603  |   221966 |  140288 |
|    83 | Badli Ki Sarai at Kashmiri Gate                                                               | 764286  | 572210  |   437213 |  262128 |
|    84 | Sammy House Battery at Kashmiri Gate                                                          | 78165   | 165160  |   222723 |  121057 |
|    85 | Flagstaff tower at Kashmiri Gate                                                              | 3063129 | 164868  |   223460 |  121057 |
|    86 | Hindu Rao Baoli at Kashmiri Gate                                                              | 5065628 | 295659  |   441546 |  244896 |
|    87 | Sheesh Mahal at Kashmiri Gate                                                                 | 731970  | 594424  |  1043610 | 2736577 |
|    88 | Ashokan Pillar south side of Hindu Rao Hospital at Kashmiri Gate                              | 749837  | 151129  |   225704 |  121057 |
|    89 | Lothian Road cemetery at Kashmiri Gate                                                        | 2036785 | 295550  |   441697 |  282143 |
|    90 | Kashmiri Gate, Mori Gate                                                                      | 1176290 | 716556  |  2093293 | 1429153 |
|    91 | Tripolia Gate at Kashmiri Gate                                                                | 711160  | 188425  |   213764 |  116357 |
|    92 | Rajpur cemetery at Kahsmiri Gate                                                              | 378648  | 323850  |   440222 |  242113 |
|    93 | Chauburji at Kashmiri Gate                                                                    | 1475645 | 164866  |   396835 |  281360 |
|    94 | Wazirabad bride Tomb & Mosque at Kashmiri Gate                                                | 1625653 | 441021  |   660693 |  423213 |
|    95 | D'eremo cemetery at Kashmiri Gate                                                             | 115101  | 143453  |   215256 |  121057 |
|    96 | Qudsia (Hathi Gate) at Kashmiri Gate                                                          | 0       | 0       |  1382847 | 1633810 |
|    97 | Magzine (old) gateways at Kashmiri Gate                                                       | 4249786 | 469474  |   833340 |  563501 |
|    98 | Edward grave                                                                                  |         |         |   250459 |  121057 |
|    99 | City wall of dariya ganj at Kotla Feroz Shah                                                  | 208583  | 370075  |   429476 |  282144 |
|   100 | Razia Sultan at Kotla Feroz Shah                                                              | 35189   | 163253  |   212238 |  141072 |
|   101 | Sunheri Masjid Kotla Feroz Shah                                                               | 107217  | 332669  |   425912 |  282144 |

|   102. | Zauk Ki Mazar Kotla Feroz Shah                          | 75203     |   323005 |   424956 |   282144 |
|--------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|
|    103 | Ajmeri Gate Kotla Feroz Shah                            | 153681    |   405361 |   590493 |   291208 |
|    104 | Lal Darwaja Kotla Feroz Shah                            | 166092    |   982201 |  1292666 |  1058551 |
|    105 | Ghazuddin Tomb Kotla Feroz Shah                         | 35189     |   318577 |   269051 |   141072 |
|    106 | Delhi Gate Kotla Feroz Shah                             | 146813    |   289348 |    51155 |   301406 |
|    107 | Kotla Feroz Shah Complex                                | 3109206   |  3402305 |  6521164 |  1921164 |
|    108 | Jantar Mantar Complex                                   | 8604924   |  4620610 |  6737142 |  2695242 |
|    109 | Sikargah Kushak at Jantar Mantar                        | 386957    |   343858 |   455825 |   304544 |
|    110 | Uggar sain Ki Baoli at Jantar Mantar                    | 344530    |   350399 |   321422 |   121034 |
|    111 | Sikandar Lodi Tomb at Safdarjung Tomb                   | 622615    |  1728114 |  4943873 |   564284 |
|    112 | Dariya Khan Tomb at Safdurjung Tomb                     | 622335    |   962538 |  2810249 |   538574 |
|    113 | Unknown Tomb at Safdurjung Tomb                         | 153721    |   343036 |   421504 |   242114 |
|    114 | Najaf Khan Tomb at Safdurjung Tomb                      | 1017414   |   736344 |   859920 |   547846 |
|    115 | Sheesh Gumbad at Safdurjung Tomb                        | 227432    |   497156 |   612256 |   423213 |
|    116 | Safdurjung Tomb                                         | 4753109   |  9178206 |  7328122 |  4007338 |
|    117 | Bara Gumbad at Safdurjung Tomb                          | 670614    |  1338993 |  2509069 |   524255 |
|    118 | Mohammad Shah Tomb (Lodi Garden) at Safdurjung Tomb     | 323485    |   679224 |   844208 |   504241 |
|    119 | Jawied Khan Tomb at Safdurjung Tomb                     | 144882    |   329681 |   422464 |   242114 |
|    120 | Old Lodhi Bridge with its approaches at Safdurjung Tomb | 0         |   135107 |   231117 |   282143 |
|    121 | Purana Qila Complex                                     | 1203278 9 | 18486810 | 18210478 |  6953214 |
|    122 | Roshanara Tomb at Baradari at Purana Qila               | 569738    |   707279 |   884386 |  2905154 |
|    123 | Lal Bunglow at Purana Qila                              | 245086    |   367143 |   426971 |   282143 |
|    124 | Khairul Mosque at Purana Qila                           | 300292    |   522465 |   638952 |   428606 |
|    125 | Punjabi Gate and Roshanara Bagh                         | 224181    |   366907 |   287049 |        0 |

|   126. | Sher Shah Gate at Purana Qila   |   2024382 |   713904 |   1724067 |   618589 |
|--------|---------------------------------|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|
|    127 | Kos Minar inside zoo.           |     19600 |   321603 |    238415 |   158600 |

## EXPENDITURE INCURRED FOR CHEMICAL PRESERVATION ON CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS IN DELHI

## Amount in Rupees

|   S.No | Name of the monument                                |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|--------|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|      1 | Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi                         |    229866 |        00 |        00 |        00 |
|      2 | Ashokan Pillar on the Ridge (near Delhi University) |    249920 |        00 |        00 |        00 |
|      3 | Ashokan Rock Edict, Kailash Colony                  |     36587 |        00 |        00 |        00 |
|      4 | Red Fort, Delhi                                     |   9295797 |   6256726 |   2496582 |   1149034 |

## EXPENDITURE INCURRED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ON CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS IN DELHI

| 2017-18     | 2018-19     | 2019-20    | 2020-21                       |
|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------------------------|
| Rs.58189359 | Rs.64928947 | Rs.6362564 | Rs.20700711 (upto 15.09.2020) |