MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM
(PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)
(a) No, Sir.
(b) Does not arise.
(c) The details are at Annexure-I.
(d) The funds allocated and expenditure incurred for conservation, preservation and maintenance of all centrally protected monuments / sites in the country (State/UT-wise) during the last three years and current year is at Annexure-II.
(e) Pro-active steps have been taken by Archaeological Survey of India under the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 and Rules, 1959 to keep the historical monuments free from encroachments in all the States and UTs. Superintending Archaeologists are authorised to issue show cause notices under the provisions of the Act followed by a direction to the District Collector/Magistrate by Central Government to remove such encroachment. In order to contain the encroachments and removing them, the Superintending Archaeologist in charge of the Circles have been vested with the powers of Estate Officers to issue eviction notices/orders to the encroachers under Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971. In addition to the regular watch and ward staff, private security personnel, State police guards and CISF have also been deployed for the safety and security of selected monuments
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1788 FOR 2.3.2020
Details of encroachments partially removed from the centrally protected monuments
Sl. No. Name of monument Locality District State
1. Mahadev Temple Belpan Bilaspur Chhattisgarh
2. Chaiturgarh Fort Lapha Korba
3. Danteshwari Devi Temple Dantewada South Baster
4. Asafi Imambara Lucknow Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
5. Warren Hasting’s House Barasat North 24 Parganas West Bengal
6. Ther Mound Sirsa Sirsa Haryana
7. Mosque of Ali Vardi Khan, Sarai Ala Vardi, Gurgaon
ANNEXURE -II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1788 FOR 2.3.2020
STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND EXPENDITURE INCURRED DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS AND ALOCATION AND EXPENDITURE FOR CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR FOR CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF MONUMENTS IN THE COUNTRY
(Amount Rs. in Lakhs)
Sl. No Name of State/UT Circle / Branch Total Number
of Monuments Year
2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2019-20
Allocation Exp. Allocation Exp. Allocation Exp. Allocation
Expenditure
1 Uttar Pradesh Agra Circle 745 940.00 940.00 850.00 850.00 860.00 858.61 1305.00 1205.00
Lucknow Circle 689.50 688.52 649.00 648.97 482.00 481.99 525.00 474.00
Sarnath Circle 230.21 230.20 200.00 200.00 255.00 254.57 300.00 287.00
2 Maharashtra Aurangabad Circle 286 334.00 334.00 545.00 544.99 430.00 430.00 575.00 516.00
Mumbai Circle 922.00 900.48 915.00 914.98 890.00 889.97 900.00 899.00
Nagpur Circle 399.00 395.54 530.00 530.00 470.00 470.00 500.00 499.00
3 Karnataka Bangalore Circle 506 1010.00 1009.50 1056.90 1056.89 985.00 985.00 1050.00 1046.00
Mini Circle Hampi 800.32 800.31 660.00 660.00 535.00 519.04 950.00 944.00
Dharwad Circle 517.00 516.98 598.00 597.99 640.00 639.97 700.00 611.00
4 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Circle 292 745.00 745.00 780.00 779.98 810.00 809.48 1200.00 1188.00
5 Odisha Bhubaneswar Circle 80 865.00 865.00 690.00 689.92 590.00 590.00 500.00 428.00
6 West Bengal, Kolkata Circle 135 298.55 280.68 521.00 521.00 1074.98 968.75 785.00 729.00
Sikkim 03
7 Tamil Nadu, Chennai Circle 413 596.00 583.98 460.00 460.05 810.00 809.50 925.00 850.00
Puducherry (UT) 07
8 Punjab Chandigarh Circle 33 525.85 524.68 425.00 424.91 290.00 289.99 175.00 136.00
Haryana 91
9 Himachal
Pradesh Shimla Circle 40 106.24 106.22 148.75 148.75 151.00 151.00 205.00 205.00
10 Delhi Delhi Circle 111 570.25 569.82 902.00 901.88 2456.65 2456.65 2250.00 2240.00
Delhi Mini Circle 63 419.25 418.05 640.00 640.11 610.00 609.35 675.00 665.00
11 Goa Goa Circle 21 155.00 155.30 239.65 239.64 160.00 159.99 200.00 195.00
12 Assam Guwahati Circle 55 262.19 262.19 377.00 377.00 315.00 315.00 340.00 340.00
Manipur 01
Meghalaya Aizwal Circle, Mijoram 08 72.20 72.20 86.20 86.20 85.00 83.76 100.00 100.00
Mizoram 01
Nagaland 04
Tripura 08
Arunchal
Pradesh 03
13 Rajasthan Jaipur Circle 163 210.00 208.48 255.00 255.00 290.00 290.00 450.00 449.00
Jodhpur Circle 323.00 322.42 370.00 370.00 415.00 415.00 500.00 498.00
14 Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Circle 129 841.50 841.50 350.00 350.00 370.00 370.00 500.00 462.00
Telangana 08
15 Telangana Amravati Circle 0 0 685.00 684.98 530.00 529.94 495.00 490.00
16 Bihar Patna Circle 70 159.00 153.53 195.00 195.00 176.00 175.98 165.00 105.00
17 Jammu &
Kashmir Srinagar Circle 56 95.83 95.83 215.00 215.00 175.00 175.00 155.00 151.00
Mini Circle Leh 14 43.42 43.40 54.12 54.09 70.00 69.98 30.00 27.00
18 Kerala Thrissure Circle 28 285.00 284.98 325.00 325.00 227.00 227.00 450.00 413.00
19 Gujarat Vadodara Circle 203 1385.00 1385.00 1118.00 1117.99 962.00 961.99 700.00 650.00
Daman & Diu(UT) 12 0
20 Uttarakhand Dehradun Circle 42 70.00 55.07 70.00 70.00 82.00 82.00 349.00 345.00
21 Chhattisgarh Raipur Circle 47 216.78 216.30 177.00 176.39 210.00 209.08 300.00 245.00
22 Jharkhand Ranchi Circle 13 80.00 50.13 175.00 175.00 86.00 86.00 160.00 160.00
Chemical Preservation
(All India) -- 750.93 635.13 550.80 549.79 524.96 517.49 327.50 308.00
Horticultural Activity (All India) -- 4657.05 4655.95 5529.00 5528.20 4563.00 4562.93 3720.00 3520.00
DG Office --- 10783.00 10783.00 19737.90 19737.09 19057.27 19057.00 20000.00 19323.00
Reserve --- --- --- --- --- --- 1099.18 00
Total 3691 30358.07 30129.37 41080.32 41076.79 40637.86 40502.01 43560.68 40703.00
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