Lok Sabha Question No. 149 (STARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Conservation of Centrally Protected Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: S. Venkatesan, Kamlesh  Paswan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.149

ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## CONSERVATION OF CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS

## *149. SHRI S. VENKATESAN: SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN:

Will the Minister of Culture be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  centrally  protected  monuments  under  the  Archaeological  Survey  of  India, State-wise;
- (b) whether it is true that according to a submission made to Parliament by the Ministry of Culture in 2022, 50 centrally protected monuments are missing;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to conserve centrally protected monuments in India?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

## (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) To (d)  A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.149 FOR 13.02.2023.

- (a)   State-wise details of monuments/sites of national importance throughout the country are given at Annexure-I.
- (b)
- & (c) Annexure-II.
- No Sir, The performance Audit Report of Comptroller and Auditor General of India laid  on  the  table  of  the  Parliament  House  in  2013  in  their  report  had  stated  that  92 protected monuments were missing. However, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has traced out 68 monuments and 24 are not yet traced. List of these monuments is at
- (d) The  monuments are  inspected  by  ASI  officials/officers  from  time  to  time  to  assess their  condition  and  accordingly  annual  works  programme  is  drawn.  Thereafter, conservation,  preservation  and  maintenance  works  are  taken  up  according  to  need priority and availability of resources.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.149 FOR 13.02.2023.

## STATE-WISE NUMBER OF MONUMENTS/SITES OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE IN THE  COUNTRY.

| Sl.No.   | Name of State / U.T.   | Number of Monuments/Site   |
|----------|------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh         | 135                        |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh      | 03                         |
| 3.       | Assam                  | 55                         |
| 4.       | Bihar                  | 70                         |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh           | 46                         |
| 6.       | Daman& Diu (U.T.)      | 11                         |
| 7.       | Goa                    | 21                         |
| 8.       | Gujarat                | 205                        |
| 9.       | Haryana                | 91                         |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh       | 40                         |
| 11.      | Jammu &Kashmir (U.T.)  | 56                         |
| 12.      | Jharkhand              | 13                         |
| 13.      | Karnataka              | 506                        |
| 14.      | Kerala                 | 29                         |
| 15.      | Ladakh (U.T.)          | 15                         |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh         | 291                        |
| 17.      | Maharashtra            | 286                        |
| 18.      | Manipur                | 01                         |
| 19.      | Meghalaya              | 08                         |
| 20.      | Mizoram                | 01                         |
| 21.      | Nagaland               | 04                         |
| 22.      | N.C.T. Delhi           | 173                        |
| 23.      | Odisha                 | 80                         |
| 24.      | Puducherry (U.T.)      | 07                         |
| 25.      | Punjab                 | 33                         |
| 26.      | Rajasthan              | 163                        |
| 27.      | Sikkim                 | 03                         |
| 28.      | Telangana              | 08                         |
| 29.      | Tamilnadu              | 412                        |
| 30.      | Tripura                | 08                         |
| 31.      | Uttar Pradesh          | 743                        |
| 32.      | Uttarakhand            | 44                         |
| 33.      | West Bengal            | 135                        |
|          |                        | 3696                       |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL                  |                            |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b)&(c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.149 FOR 13.02.2023.

## LIST OF MONUMENTS/SITES WHICH ARE UNTRACEABLE

| Assam             | Assam                                                                                   |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.                | Guns of Emperor Sher Shah, Sadia, Tinsukia                                              |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                       |
| 2.                | The Ruins of Copper Temple, Paya, Lohit                                                 |
| Haryana           | Haryana                                                                                 |
| 3.                | Kos Minar, Mujesar, Faridabad                                                           |
| 4.                | Kos Minar, Shahabad, Kurukshetra                                                        |
| Uttarakhand       | Uttarakhand                                                                             |
| 5.                | Kutumbari Temple, Dwarahat, Almora                                                      |
| Delhi             | Delhi                                                                                   |
| 6.                | Bara Khamba Cemetery, Delhi                                                             |
| 7.                | Inchla Wali Gumti, Mubarakpur Kotla                                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh    | Madhya Pradesh                                                                          |
| 8.                | Rock Inscription, Satna                                                                 |
| Maharashtra       | Maharashtra                                                                             |
| 9.                | Old European Tomb, Pune                                                                 |
| 10.               | One Buruj, Agarkot                                                                      |
| Rajasthan         | Rajasthan                                                                               |
| 11.               | Inscription in Fort, Nagar, Tonk                                                        |
| 12.               | 12 th Century Temple, Baran                                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh     | Uttar Pradesh                                                                           |
| 13.               | Ruins of three small linga temple circle 1000 AD, Ahugi, Mirzapur                       |
| 14.               | Three sites with megaliths on the western and north eastern toes of the hill, Chandauli |
| 15.               | Tablet on treasury building, Varanasi                                                   |
| 16.               | Telia Nala Buddhist ruins, Varanasi                                                     |
| 17.               | A Banyan grove containing traces of ancient building, Amavey, Ballia                    |
| 18.               | Closed Cemetery, Katra Naka, Banda                                                      |
| 19.               | Gunner Burkill's Tomb, Mehroni, Lalitpur                                                |
| 20.               | Three Tomb, Lucknow-Faizabad Road, Lucknow                                              |
| 21.               | Cemeteries at miles 6 and 7, Jahraila Road, Lucknow                                     |
| 22.               | Cemetery at Gaughat, Lucknow                                                            |
| 23.               | Large ruined site called Sandi-Khera, Pali, Shahabad, Hardoi                            |
| West Bengal       | West Bengal                                                                             |
| 24.               | Ruins of fort, Bamanpukur, Nadia                                                        |

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