Lok Sabha Question No. 156 (STARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Project Sanctioned in Kushinagar under PRASHAD Scheme
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Vijay Kumar Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*156 ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023

## PROJECTS SANCTIONED IN KUSHINAGAR UNDER PRASHAD SCHEME

- *156.  SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) the  projects  sanctioned  under  the  Pilgrimage  Rejuvenation  and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) scheme in the Districts of Kushinagar of Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the stage of works of the sanctioned projects;
- (c) whether  there  is a need  to  consider  the  place of religious importance in Kushinagar district; and
- (d) the religious and historical places from Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh which can be taken up through the Ministry of Culture as per the Department norms?

## ANSWER

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

THE MINISTER OF TOURISM

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.*156  ANSWERED  ON  31.07.2023  REGARDING  PROJECT SANCTIONED IN KUSHINAGAR UNDER PRASHAD SCHEME.

(a) to (c): Development of tourism infrastructure in a State/Union Territory is primarily the responsibility of the concerned State Government/ Union Territory Administration, however, Ministry of Tourism  (MoT)    under  its  'Swadesh  Darshan',  ' Pilgrimage  Rejuvenation an d Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive' (PRASHAD) and 'Assistance to Central Agencies' Schemes provides financial assistance to the State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations/Central Agencies for development of infrastructure at tourist destinations including at religious/pilgrimage  sites.    Based  on  the  proposal  received  as  per  the scheme  guidelines,  MoT  has  sanctioned  6  projects  under  PRASHAD Scheme and 9 projects under Swadesh Darshan Scheme in the state of Uttar  Pradesh  including  2  projects  covering  development  work  at Kushinagar, details of which is given below:

|   Sr. No. | Year of Sanction   | Name of Project                                                                                                                       |   Sanctioned Amt. (Rs. in Cr.) | Physical Status   |
|-----------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | 2016-17            | Development of Srawasti, Kushinagar, & Kapilwastu                                                                                     |                          87.89 | Complete          |
|         2 | 2018-19            | Development of Wayside Amenities in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar at Varanasi-Gaya; Kushinagar-Gaya- Kushinagar in collaboration with MoRTH |                          15.07 | Complete          |

(d): There  are  10  numbers  of  Centrally  Protected  Monument  in  the district  of  Kushinagar,  Uttar  Pradesh,  the  list  of  the  same  is  annexed. Work on conservation and maintenance on these monuments are done by Archaeological Survey of India from time to time.

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## ANNEXURE

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*156 ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023 REGARDING PROJECTS SANCTIONED IN KUSHINAGAR UNDER PRASHAD SCHEME LIST OF CENTRAL PROTECTED MONUMENTS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF SARNATH CIRCLE IN DISTRICT KUSHINAGAR

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Monument / Site                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Locality   | District   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|
|         1 | A very large Mound of Brick ruins called Asmanpurdih                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Chhetiaon  | Kushinagar |
|         2 | Circular shaped mound and the remains of a stupa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Chhetiaon  | Kushinagar |
|         3 | Large dih or mound                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Chhetiaon  | Kushinagar |
|         4 | Large flat-topped mound of ruins called Jharmatiya or Dharmatiya cultivated land                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Chhetiaon  | Kushinagar |
|         5 | A mound 170' in the circumference, situated on the eastern extension of the great platform on which the stupa no. 302 stands, about 40' to the north-east of that structure                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Chhetiaon  | Kushinagar |
|         6 | Mound of ruins called Sahiya                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Chhetiaon  | Kushinagar |
|         7 | Ancient site known as Fazilnagar ka kot                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Fazilnagar | Kushinagar |
|         8 | 1) A lofty mound of solid brick work, called deisthan or Rambhar Bhavani 2) An oblong mound mound called the fort of Matha Kuar which is covered with broken bricks and on which stands a much ruined brick stupa, a large statue of buddha, the ascetic; a colossal statue representing Buddha's Nirvan 3) A low square mound covered with broken bricks near the barrows scattered over plain to the north and east of the great mound | Kasia      | Kushinagar |
|         9 | Large mound covered with broken bricks and a few statues                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Padrauna   | Kushinagar |
|        10 | Mound of brick ruins                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Sahiya     | Kushinagar |