Lok Sabha Question No. 593 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-24
Subject: Preservation of Unprotected Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.593

ANSWERED ON 24.07.2023

## PRESERVATION OF UNPROTECTED MONUMENTS

## 593. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

Will the Minister of Culture be pleased to state:

- (a) whether out of five lakh historical monuments in the country, only 3700 monuments are under Government protection and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  measures  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  protect  and  preserve  the  unprotected monuments that are currently facing the threat of extinction;
- (c) whether many  historical monuments  in the country are facing the problem of encroachment; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken/being taken by the Government to free them from encroachment?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) 3696  ancient  monuments  and  archaeological  sites  are  protected  and  maintained  by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Details thereof are at Annexure.
- (b) ASI maintains and conserves the monuments and sites which are declared to be national importance under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.

According to the List II (State List) of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, the monuments  other  than  those  declared  to  be  of  national importance  are  the responsibility of States.

However,  ASI  also  takes  up  conservation  of  identified  monuments  which  are  not protected.

- (c) As and when any instance of encroachment around historical monuments come to the
- & notice of ASI, appropriate action is initiated.
- (d) In case of encroachment at protected monument,   complaints are filed with Police, Show Cause Notice is issued to defaulter for removal of the said encroachment and if it is not removed, demolition order is issued for removal of the said encroachment.

## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART  (a) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 593 FOR 24.07.2023.

## STATE-WISE  NUMBER  OF  MONUMENTS  AND  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                  | TOTAL                      |

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