Lok Sabha Question No. 421 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Study to Assess Present Condition of Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.421 ANSWERED ON 05.02.2024

## STUDY TO ASSESS PRESENT CONDITION OF MONUMENTS

## 421. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of centrally protected monuments, archaeological sites and remains, Statewise;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any study to assess their present condition;
- (c) if the details thereof; SO,
- (d) whether several ancient/historical monuments, archaeological sites and remains are under encroachment; and
- (e) if the details thereof and the action taken thereon? SO,

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) There are 3697 ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains declared as of national importance in the country. Details are given at Annexure:
- (b) Inspection of monuments and sites is taken up by Archaeological Survey of India'$
- works programme is drawn for conservation and maintenance, which is a continuous process:
- officials/officers from time to time to assess   their  condition   accordingly annual
- (d) A number of monuments and sites are under encroachment:
- & In case of encroachment, complaints are filed with Police, Show Cause Notice is (e) issued to defaulter demolition order is issued. In case of damaging or destroying a protected monument; Police complaint is filed under the provisions of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act; 1958.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 421 FOR 05.02.2024

ABSTRACT OF NUMBER OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND REMAINS DECLARED AS NATIONAL IMPORTANCE IN THE COUNTRY

| SLNo:   | Name of State        | Nos. of Monuments   |
|---------|----------------------|---------------------|
| 13      | Andhra Pradesh       | 135                 |
|         | 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                  |
|         | Jammu & Kashmir (U.T | 56                  |
| 12      | Jharkhand            | 13                  |
| 13      | Karnataka            | 506                 |
| 14_     | Kerala               | 29                  |
| 15.     |                      | 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               | 81                  |
|         | Puducherry (U.T)     | 07                  |
| 25.     | Punjab               | 33                  |
| 26.     | Rajasthan            | 163                 |
| 27.     | Sikkim               |                     |
| 28_     | Telangana            | 08                  |
| 29_     | Tamil Nadu           | 412                 |
| 30_     | Tripura              | 08                  |
| 31_     | Uttar Pradesh        | 743                 |
| 32      | Uttarakhand          | 44                  |
| 33.     | West Bengal          | 135                 |
|         | TOTAL                | 3697                |