Lok Sabha Question No. 156 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Basic Amenities at Historical Monuments and Temples
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA, RITI PATHAK, DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. † 156 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2019

## BASIC AMENITIES AT HISTORICAL MONUMENTS AND TEMPLES

- SHRI DEVAJIBHAI G. FATEPARA: † 156.    SHRI JUGAL KISHORE: SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the works started to provide amenities to the tourists visiting temples and monuments during the last three years and the current  year;
- (b) the  year-wise details of the funds utilized for the said work during the said period;
- (c) whether the Government has taken steps to provide adequate security to tourists at such monuments; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Archaeological  Survey  of  India  (ASI)  has  taken  up  work  of  providing  public amenities  at  the  protected  monuments  including  temples  comprising  of  toilets, drinking  water,  signage,  benches,  dustbins,  parking,  improvement  of  pathways, etc.
- (b) The funds are provided for conservation and development works of the monuments. The  details  of  expenditure  incurred  during  the  last  three  years  and allocation  for  the  current  financial  year  for  conservation  and  development  works including amenities are as follows:-

## (Amount Rs. In Lakhs)

|   Sl. No. | year    | Expenditure/allocation.   |
|-----------|---------|---------------------------|
|         1 | 2015-16 | 23746.25                  |
|         2 | 2016-17 | 30176.22                  |
|         3 | 2017-18 | 41076.79                  |
|         4 | 2018-19 | 41127.86 (Allocation)     |

- (c) ASI has deployed watch & ward staff for safety and security at the monuments.  In
- & addition  armed  and  un-armed  security  personnel  and  CISF  have  been  deputed
- (d) under different Circle  offices for  security  to  tourists  at  monuments  as  detailed  in Annexure.

## ANNEXURE

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) & (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 156 FOR 04.02.2019

DETAILS OF DEPLOYMENT OF SECURITY PERSONNEL AT VARIOUS MONUMENTS/SITES/MUSEUMS  UNDER  THE  JURISDICTION  OF  ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA

| Sl.No.   | Name of State              | Circle/Branch      | Private Security Guards   | Private Security Guards   | CISF Pers.   |
|----------|----------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------|
|          |                            |                    | Un- Armed                 | Armed                     |              |
| 1.       | Uttar Pradesh              | Agra Circle        | 138                       | 18                        | 279          |
| 1.       | Uttar Pradesh              | Lucknow Circle     | 56                        | 28                        | -            |
| 1.       | Uttar Pradesh              | Sarnath            | 26                        | 19                        | -            |
| 2.       | Maharashtra                | Aurangabad Circle  | 121                       | -                         | -            |
| 2.       | Maharashtra                | Mumbai Circle      | 137                       | -                         | -            |
| 3.       | Karnataka                  | Bangalore Circle   | 68                        | 32                        | -            |
| 3.       | Karnataka                  | Dharwad Circle     | 105                       | 38                        | -            |
| 3.       | Karnataka                  | Hampi Mini Circle  | 71                        | 15                        | -            |
| 4.       | Madhya Pradesh             | Bhopal Circle      | 141                       | 39                        | -            |
| 5.       | Odisha                     | Bhubaneswar Circle | 42                        | 29                        | -            |
| 6.       | West Bengal, Sikkim        | Kolkata Circle     | 52                        | 35                        | -            |
| 7.       | Tamil Nadu, Puducherry     | Chennai Circle     | 39                        | 23                        | -            |
| 8.       | Punjab, Haryana            | Chandigarh Circle  | 03                        | 11                        | -            |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh           | Shimla Circle      | 04                        | 08                        | -            |
| 10.      | Delhi                      | Delhi Circle       | 292                       | 48                        | 317          |
| 11.      | Goa                        | Goa Circle         | 24                        | 08                        | -            |
| 12.      | Assam                      | Guwahati Circle    | 21                        | 12                        | -            |
| 13       | Mizoram                    | Aizawal Circle     | 05                        | -                         | -            |
| 14       | Tripura                    |                    | 17                        | -                         | -            |
| 15       | Rajasthan                  | Jaipur Circle      | 16                        | 10                        | -            |
| 15       | Rajasthan                  | Jodhpur Circle     | 36                        | 20                        | -            |
| 16.      | Andhra Pradesh & Telangana | Hyderabad Circle   | 78                        | 42                        | -            |
| 17.      | Bihar                      | Patna Circle       | 70                        | 36                        | -            |
| 18.      | Jammu & Kashmir            | Srinagar Circle    | -                         | 08                        | -            |
| 18.      | Jammu & Kashmir            | Mini Circle Leh    | 08                        | -                         | -            |
| 19.      | Kerala                     | Thrissur Circle    | -                         | 12                        | -            |
| 20.      | Gujarat                    | Vadodara Circle    | 77                        | 28                        | -            |
| 21.      | Uttarakhand                | Dehradun Circle    | -                         | 06                        | -            |
| 22.      | Chhattisgarh               | Raipur Circle      | 12                        | 04                        | -            |
| 23.      | Jharkhand                  | Ranchi Circle      | 12                        | -                         | -            |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL                      | TOTAL              | 1671                      | 529                       | 596          |