Lok Sabha Question No. 2454 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-01
Subject: Development and Conservation of Monuments in Jharkhand
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Jayant Sinha, Sunil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2454 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2022

## DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION OF MONUMENTS IN JHARKHAND

## 2454.   SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of Culture be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of monuments of national importance in India, State-wise;
- (b) the district-wise list  of  protected  monuments  and  protected  archaeological locations of cultural importance in Jharkhand;
- (c) the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  spent  on  development  and  conservation  of monuments of national importance during the last five years, State-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  received  proposal  seeking  inclusion  of  more monuments in the said list/ category and if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (e) the  list  of  monuments  of  cultural  importance  destroyed  in  the  country  including Jharkhand; and
- (f)  the  efforts  being  made  by  the  Government  for  the  maintenance  of  the  said monuments and protected archaeological locations?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) State-wise number of monuments/sites of national importance is at Annexure-I.
- (b) District-wise list of protected monuments/sites of national importance in Jharkhand is at Annexure-II.
- (c) Details of expenditure on conservation, preservation and maintenance of monuments/sites of national importance is at Annexure-III.
- (d) Protection  of  ancient  monuments  and  archaeological  sites  is  a  continuous phenomenon. Monuments and sites of cultural significance are declared protected following the criteria specified in the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.  List of monuments and sites identified to declare them as of national importance is at Annexure-IV.
- (e) & (f) No such report is received in the recent past.

## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2454 FOR 01.08.2022.

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

| Sl.N o.   | 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                |                        203 |
| 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            |                         43 |
| 33.       | West Bengal            |                        135 |
| TOTAL     | TOTAL                  |                       3693 |

## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2454 FOR 01.08.2022.

## DISTRICT-WISE LIST OF PROTECTED  MONUMENTS/SITES  IN STATE OF JHARKHAND

|   Sl.No. | District           | Name of the Monument / Site                                                                        | Locality        |
|----------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | East Singhbhum     | Site of an old fort                                                                                | Ruam            |
|        2 | Gumla              | Palace and Temple Complex, Navaratnagarh                                                           | Nagar           |
|        3 | Khunti             | Asura Sites                                                                                        | Hensa           |
|        4 | Khunti             | Asura Sites                                                                                        | Kathartoli      |
|        5 | Khunti             | Asura Sites                                                                                        | Khunti Tola     |
|        6 | Khunti             | Asura Sites                                                                                        | Kunjla          |
|        7 | Khunti             | Asura Sites                                                                                        | Saridkel        |
|        8 | Lohardaga          | Ancient Stone Temple with a small Siva- linga inside                                               | Khekpatra       |
|        9 | Ranchi             | Temples at Haradih                                                                                 | Haradih         |
|       10 | Sahibganj          | Ruins of Baradari buildings with probable underground cells and passage standing on the high mound | Arazi Mukhimpur |
|       11 | Sahibganj          | Jamma Masjid                                                                                       | Hadaf           |
|       12 | Sarikela Kharsawan | Ancient Mound locally known as Kulugarha and Basput                                                | Itagarh         |
|       13 | West Singhbhum     | Old remains of temples and sculptures on the south-east bank of the above tank                     | Benisagar       |

ANNEXURE-III

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2454 FOR 01.08.2022.

DETAILS  OF  ALLOCATION  EXPENDITURE  INCURRED  FOR  CONSERVATION,  PRESERVATION  AND ENVIRONMENTAL  DEVELOPMENT  OF  PROTECTED  MONUMENTS/SITES    DURING  THE  LAST  FIVE YEARS.

(Amount Rs. in Lakhs)

| Name of State/UT                   | Circle / Branch     | 2017-18     | 2018-19     | 2019-20     | 2020-21     | 2021-22     |
|------------------------------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Name of State/UT                   | Circle / Branch     | Expenditure | Expenditure | Expenditure | Expenditure | Expenditure |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | Agra                | 850.00      | 858.61      | 1355.00     | 1296.00     | 1935.00     |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | Jhansi*             | --          | --          | --          | 100.00      | 415.00      |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | Lucknow             | 648.97      | 481.99      | 560.00      | 388.00      | 1044.00     |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | Sarnath             | 200.00      | 254.57      | 320.00      | 438.00      | 550.00      |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | Meerut              | --          | --          | --          | 0.00        | 280.00      |
| Maharashtra                        | Aurangabad          | 544.99      | 430.00      | 608.85      | 316.00      | 799.00      |
| Maharashtra                        | Mumbai              | 914.98      | 889.97      | 950.00      | 1100.00     | 1200.00     |
| Maharashtra                        | Nagpur              | 530.00      | 470.00      | 540.00      | 400.00      | 450.00      |
| Karnataka                          | Bangalore           | 1056.89     | 985.00      | 1110.00     | 526.95      | 975.00      |
| Karnataka                          | Hampi               | 660.00      | 519.04      | 1000.00     | 910.00      | 800.00      |
| Karnataka                          | Dharwad             | 597.99      | 639.97      | 745.00      | 639.99      | 731.80      |
| Madhya                             | Bhopal              | 779.98      | 809.48      | 1250.00     | 1150.00     | 1150.00     |
| Pradesh                            | Jabalpur*           | --          | --          | --          | 350.00      | 475.00      |
| Odisha                             | Bhubaneswar         | 689.92      | 590.00      | 530.00      | 363.00      | 822.50      |
| West Bengal,                       | Kolkata             | 521.00      | 968.75      | 810.00      | 602.00      | 757.00      |
| Sikkim and West                    | Raiganj*            | --          | --          | --          | 135.00      | 500.00      |
| Bengal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry (UT) | Chennai             | 460.00      | 809.50      | 960.00      | 525.00      | 800.00      |
| Tamil Nadu                         | Trichy              | --          | --          | --          | 200.00      | 400.00      |
| Punjab                             | Chandigarh          | 424.91      | 289.99      | 157.00      | 80.00       | 150.00      |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | Shimla              | 148.75      | 151.00      | 215.00      | 125.00      | 115.00      |
| Delhi                              | Delhi               | 901.88      | 2456.65     | 2310.00     | 2082.00     | 1908.00     |
| (NCT)                              | Delhi Mini Circle** | 640.00      | 609.35      | 715.00      | 369.00      | ---         |
| Goa                                | Goa                 | 239.64      | 159.99      | 220.00      | 370.00      | 700.00      |
| Assam                              | Guwahati            | 377.00      | 315.00      | 340.00      | 303.75      | 330.00      |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  |                     |             |             |             |             |             |
| Meghalaya Nagaland                 |                     |             |             |             |             |             |
| Mizoram                            | Aizawl              | 86.20       | 83.76       | 100.00      | 131.47      | 125.00      |
| Tripura                            |                     |             |             |             |             |             |
| Manipur Rajasthan                  | Jaipur              | 255.00      | 290.00      | 489.00      | 740.00      | 753.32      |
|                                    | Jodhpur             | 370.00      | 415.00      | 539.00      | 410.00      | 450.00      |
| Telangana                          | Hyderabad           | 350.00      | 370.00      | 535.00      | 280.00      | 680.00      |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | Amravati            | 684.98      | 529.94      | 515.00      | 457.00      | 575.00      |
| Bihar                              | Patna               | 195.00      | 175.98      | 145.45      | 123.00      | 335.00      |
| Jammu &                            | Srinagar            | 215.00      | 175.00      | 155.00      | 80.00       | 255.00      |
| Kashmir (U.T)                      | Mini Circle Leh     | 54.09       | 69.98       | 28.49       | 20.00       | 43.00       |
| Kerala                             | Thrissure           | 325.00      | 227.00      | 450.00      | 203.21      | 682.00      |

| Gujarat Daman & Diu (UT)   | Vadodara                           | 1117.99   | 961.99   | 700.00   | 635.46   |   800.00 |
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| Gujarat                    | Rajkot*                            | --        | --       | --       | 98.79    |   250    |
| Uttarakhand                | Dehradun                           | 70.00     | 82.00    | 358.50   | 460.00   |   375    |
| Chhattisgarh               | Raipur                             | 176.39    | 209.08   | 300.00   | 289.05   |   478    |
| Jharkhand                  | Ranchi                             | 175.00    | 86.00    | 160.00   | 88.22    |   116    |
|                            | Chemical Preservation (All India)  | 549.79    | 517.49   | 334.47   | 380.54   |   647.71 |
|                            | Horticultural Activity (All India) | 5528.20   | 4562.93  | 3810.00  | 4474.99  |  1931.99 |
|                            | DG Office                          | 19737.09  | 19057.00 | 20223.00 | 4441.99  |  1173    |
|                            | Reserve                            | --        | --       | --       | --       |     0    |
|                            | Total                              | 41076.63  | 40502.01 | 43538.76 | 26083.41 | 26957.3  |

Note: * Indicates newly formed circle in 2020 ** Indicates Delhi Mini-Circle merged in Delhi Circle in 2020

## ANNEXURE-IV

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2454 FOR 01.08.2022

## DETAILS  OF  MONUMEMTS/SITES  IDENTIFIED  TO  DECLARE  THEM  AS  OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE.

|   Sl. No. | State            | Name of Monument and Loclity                                                     | District      |
|-----------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Rock Painting at Chintakunta                                                     | Y.S.R. Kadapa |
|         2 | Delhi            | Ancient Mound including Anangtal                                                 | South Delhi   |
|         3 | Gujarat          | Ancient Site, Khirsara                                                           | Kachchh       |
|         4 | Haryana          | Ancient Mounds 6 & 7 at Rakhigarhi                                               | Hisar         |
|         5 | Himachal Pradesh | Kaleshwar Mahadev Temple, Kalesar (Manyala Panchayat)                            | Kangra        |
|         6 | Jharkhand        | Terracotta Bricks Temples at Doisa Nagar, Navratangarh, Sisai                    | Gumla         |
|         7 | Ladakh (UT)      | Rock Art Site Murgi at Rdanag                                                    | Leh           |
|         8 | Ladakh (UT)      | Ancient Caves Saspol/Gon-Nila-Phuk Meditation caves Saspol                       | Leh           |
|         9 | Ladakh (UT)      | Ancient Buddhist institute remains, Nyarma                                       | Leh           |
|        10 | Ladakh (UT)      | Tirisha Stupa along with adjoining remains and prehistoric site around holy lake | Leh           |
|        11 | Ladakh (UT)      | Ancient Khar (Castle) at Scurbuchan                                              | Leh           |
|        12 | Mizoram          | Ancient Menhirs at Lungphunlian                                                  | Champhai      |
|        13 | Mizoram          | Ancient Menhirs and Settlement at Dungtlang                                      | Champhai      |
|        14 | Mizoram          | Ancient Menhirs and Rock Engraving at Farkawan                                   | Champhai      |
|        15 | Punjab           | Archaeological sites and remains, Masol                                          | Mohali        |
|        16 | Uttar Pradesh    | Archaeological Site, Talab Tank and Baoli at Ganesh Bagh                         | Chitrakut     |
|        17 | Uttar Pradesh    | Nakkar Khana                                                                     | Lucknow       |
|        18 | Uttarakhand      | Tungnath Temple                                                                  | Rudrapryag    |
|        19 | Uttarakhand      | Ancient Naula Village Syunrakat                                                  | Almora        |
|        20 | Uttarakhand      | Four temples located adjacent to the Centrally protected monument Kuber Temples  | Almora        |

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