Lok Sabha Question No. 3555 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Database of Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINITRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3555

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2020

## DATABASE OF MONUMENTS

## +3555. SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  prepared  a  database  of  all  monuments  of  national  and international importance in India and if so, the number of monuments being protected by the Government at present;
- (b) whether the Government is aware that many such monuments have been encroached upon and some of them have completely gone missing from the map and if so, the measures taken for restoration of these monuments;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that lay out of many monuments located in Lucknow have not been mapped;
- (d) whether Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has prepared a list of such monuments; and
- (e) if so, the details of action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

## (PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a) The National Mission on Monuments and Antiquities has documented about 1,83,345 Built Heritage  and  Sites  from  various  secondary  sources  in  uniform  format  for  its  dababase including  centrally  protected  and  unprotected  monuments.  State-wise  monuments  of national importance being protected by Archaeological Survey of India in the country is total 3691at Annexure.
- (b) There are instances of encroachments at 321 centrally protected monuments. Besides, the Archaeological Survey of India has a list of 24 monuments which remain untraceable.  The encroachment in the premises of the protected monuments/area are removed as per the provisions contained in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958  and  Rules  framed  thereunder.  The  Superintending  Archaeologist  in  charge  of  the Circles  have  also  been  vested  with  the  powers  of  an  Estate  Officer  to  issue  eviction notices/orders to the  encroachers  under  Public  Premises  (Eviction of  Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971. Assistance in containing and removing encroachments is also sought from the respective State Government/Police force  and  where there are no fruitful results, actions are  initiated against the encroachers by filing cases in the court of law.  Regular watch and ward staff, private security personnel, State Police guards and CISF have also been provided for the safety and security of selected monuments.

The  Archaeological  Survey  of  India  has  made  efforts  to  locate/identify  the  untraceable monuments  through  field  offices  based  on  inspection,  old  records,  revenue  maps  and published reports.

- (c)to (e) Yes, Sir.  Out  of  60  centrally  protected  monuments  in  Lucknow,  Archaeological  Survey  of India has prepared lay out plan with respect to 47 monuments.  However, documentation and mapping is a continuous process.

As per the information received from INTACH, the trust has identified and documented till date about 70,000 heritage properties in approx. 500 towns. The list not only includes ASI and  state  archaeology  protected  buildings  (National  and  state  importance)  but  also buildings and sites of regional and local significance.

ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3555 FOR 16.3.2020 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             |                  13 |
| 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           |                 135 |
|          | TOTAL                 |                3691 |