Lok Sabha Question No. 934 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-27
Subject: Construction near Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: ASHWINI KUMAR

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF CULTURE

LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.934

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.7.2015

SRAVANA 5, 1937 (SAKA)

CONSTRUCTION NEAR MONUMENTS

| 934.   | SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR:   |    |
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Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

| (a)   | whether the Government has imposed any restriction on construction activities within 200 metres periphery of archeological sites in the country;   |
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| (b)   | if, so the details thereof along with the number of such sites in the country, State-wise;                                                         |
| (c)   | the action taken by the Government thereon; and                                                                                                    |
| (d)   | the total number of cases where construction activities were allowed within the restricted areas during the last three years in various States?    |

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) AND MINISTER OF STATE, CIVIL AVIATION

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

| (a)&  (b)   | As per the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (as amended in 2010) persons having buildings or houses in the prohibited area (within 100 metres of protected monuments) of any Centrally protected monument may undertake repairs and renovation after obtaining permission from the Competent Authority on the recommendation of the National Monuments Authority.   Further, in case of regulated area (200 metres further beyond prohibited area) the persons may undertake construction, reconstruction, repairs and renovation only after obtaining permission from the Competent Authority on the recommendation of National Monuments Authority.  Provisions of the Act are applicable on 3686 centrally protected monuments under ASI. The State-wise number is at Annexure.   |
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| (c)             | The Central Government have notified Competent Authorities for States and UTs. Further National Monument Authority has also been constituted for grant of permission.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| (d)             | The total number of cases where construction activities were allowed within the regulated area of centrally protected monuments in the country during the last three years is as under:  Year  Number of cases 2012-13 1199 2013-14 787 2014-15 815  No permission for construction in the prohibited area has been granted in the last three years.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)&(b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.934  FOR 27.7.2015

ABSTRACT OF NUMBER OF CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS/ SITES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA IN THE COUNTRY

| **Sl.No.**   | **Name of State**   | **Nos. of Monuments/Sites**   |
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|              | Andhra Pradesh      | 129                           |
|              | Arunachal Pradesh   | 03                            |
|              | Assam               | 55                            |
|              | Bihar               | 70                            |
|              | Chhattisgarh        | 47                            |
|              | Daman & Diu (U. T.) | 12                            |
|              | Goa                 | 21                            |
|              | Gujarat             | 203                           |
|              | Haryana             | 91                            |
|              | Himachal Pradesh    | 40                            |
|              | Jammu & Kashmir     | 69                            |
|              | Jammu & Kashmir     | 69                            |
|              | Jharkhand           | 13                            |
|              | Karnataka           | 506                           |
|              |                     | 506                           |
|              | Kerala              | 28                            |
|              | Madhya Pradesh      | 292                           |
|              | Maharashtra         | 285                           |
|              |                     | 285                           |
|              | Manipur             | 01                            |
|              | Meghalaya           | 08                            |
|              | Mizoram             | 01                            |
|              | Nagaland            | 04                            |
|              | N.C.T. Delhi        | 174                           |
|              | Odisha              | 79                            |
|              | Puducherry (U.T.)   | 07                            |
|              | Punjab              | 33                            |
|              | Rajasthan           | 162                           |
|              | Sikkim              | 03                            |
|              | Telangana           | 08                            |
|              | Tamilnadu           | 413                           |
|              | Tamilnadu           | 413                           |
|              | Tripura             | 08                            |
|              | Uttar Pradesh       | 743                           |
|              | Uttar Pradesh       | 743                           |
|              | Uttar Pradesh       | 743                           |
|              | Uttarakhand         | 42                            |
|              | West Bengal         | 136                           |
|              | **TOTAL**           | **3686**                      |