Lok Sabha Question No. 97 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-25
Subject: Conservation and Development of Archaeological Sites
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Dr. Manna Lal Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 97 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2024

## CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES

## †97.  DR. MANNA LAL RAWAT:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is working on any scheme for conservation and development of various archaeological sites in Udaipur and Banswara division  of Rajasthan;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has allocated and spent any funds in this regard;
- (d) if so, the details thereof: and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) There  is  no  such  scheme  under  consideration.  However,  Archaeological  Survey  of
- & India (ASI) takes up conservation and maintenance work of protected monuments and
- (b) sites  regularly  including  provision  of  facilities  like  drinking  water,  toilet  blocks, pathways and landscaping etc. throughout the country, including 33 monuments/sites in Udaipur and Banswara divisions out of 163 in the state of Rajasthan as per the need of  monuments and availability of resources. The list of monuments/sites in Udaipur and Banswara divisions is attached as Annexure - I.
- (c) The  details  of  funds  allocated  and  spent  for  the  conservation  and  maintenance  of
- to protected monuments and archaeological sites in Udaipur and Banswara divisions of
- (e) Rajasthan during the last three years are as under:

## (Amount Rs. in Crores)

| Financial Year   |   Allocation |   Expenditure |
|------------------|--------------|---------------|
| 2021-22          |         2.96 |          2.96 |
| 2022-23          |         4.07 |          4.07 |
| 2023-24          |         6.51 |          6.51 |

## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †97 FOR 25.11.2024.

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Monument/ Site                                              | District    |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|         1 | Mahakal and two other temples                                           | Bhilwara    |
|         2 | Rock inscription within the paraswanath temple compound (12th cent. AD) | Bhilwara    |
|         3 | Ancient temple known as Kaneri-ki-Putli                                 | Bhilwara    |
|         4 | Ruined Palace of Maharana Pratap, Chavand                               | Udaipur     |
|         5 | Ancient ruins, Kalyanpur                                                | Udaipur     |
|         6 | SasBahu Temples, Nagda                                                  | Udaipur     |
|         7 | Mahal known as Hawa Mahal, Veerpura (Jaisamand)                         | Udaipur     |
|         8 | Hawa Mahal known as Roothi Rani ka Mahal, Veerpura (Jaisamand)          | Udaipur     |
|         9 | Fort of Kumbhalgarh as a whole                                          | Rajsamand   |
|        10 | Ghat with inscriptions, Pavilions and toranas at Navchowki              | Rajsamand   |
|        11 | Chetak Samadhi at Balicha                                               | Rajsamand   |
|        12 | Ancient site Gilund                                                     | Rajsamand   |
|        13 | HaldiGhati                                                              | Rajsamand   |
|        14 | RaktaTalai at Khamnor                                                   | Rajsamand   |
|        15 | Badshahi Bagh at Khamnor                                                | Rajsamand   |
|        16 | Fort of Chittorgarh as a whole                                          | Chittorgarh |
|        17 | Mahanal Temple and Math at Menal                                        | Chittorgarh |
|        18 | Ancient ruins Nagari                                                    | Chittorgarh |
|        19 | Ancient sites &remains at Jeora(Nilodh)                                 | Chittorgarh |
|        20 | ShringarChawri at Badoli                                                | Chittorgarh |
|        21 | Temple of Ashtamata at Badoli                                           | Chittorgarh |
|        22 | Temple of Ganesh at Badoli                                              | Chittorgarh |
|        23 | Temple of Sheshashayan at Badoli                                        | Chittorgarh |
|        24 | Temple of Shiv and Kund at Badoli                                       | Chittorgarh |
|        25 | Temple of Trimurti at Badoli                                            | Chittorgarh |
|        26 | Temple of Vamanavatar known as Narad temple at Badoli                   | Chittorgarh |
|        27 | Ghateshwar temple at Badoli                                             | Chittorgarh |
|        28 | Kund at Badoli                                                          | Chittorgarh |
|        29 | Hathiwada at Nagari                                                     | Chittorgarh |
|        30 | Shiv temple and Ruins, Arthuna                                          | Banswara    |
|        31 | Ancient remains, Vithal Deva                                            | Banswara    |
|        32 | Jaina Temple Inscription at Baroda                                      | Dungarpur   |
|        33 | Somnath Temple at Devsomnath                                            | Dungarpur   |

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