Question : HERITAGE CONSERVATION PROGRAMMES



(a) whether the Government has initiated any heritage conservation programme in rural areas of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof during each of the last two years and the current year, State- wise; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND MINISTER OF CULTURE (KUMARI SELJA)

(a)to(c) After declaration as a centrally protected monument, no distinction of rural and urban areas is made and all such heritage sites are treated equally. The conservation work of protected monuments is attended regularly and they are in a good state of preservation.