Question : Violation of Guidelines of UNESCO

(a) whether the cases of violation of guidelines of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) pertaining to protection of monuments/sites declared as World Heritage have come to the notice of the Government across the country during each of the last three years and the current year;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and the reasons therefor along with the reaction of the Government thereto;

(c) whether the Government has provided adequate funds to conserve such protected monuments/sites across the country during the said period;

(d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(e) the details of the sites proposed by the Government to be included in the protected sites during the said period along with their status thereof, State/UT-wise?

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT,
FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a) &(b) There are no cases of violation of guidelines of UNESCO pertaining to protection of monuments/sites declared as World Heritage under Jurisdiction of ASI.

(c)& (d) Yes, Madam. The details of fund allocation is placed below at Annexure-I.

(e) The details of sites proposed are placed below at Annexure-II.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3194


Details of fund allocated/expenditure incurred to World Heritage Sites (State/UT wise) under ASI

S.No State 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
1. Bihar 9299090 1171024 6641226 259260
2. Delhi 70436883 38476744 61770617 204619704
3. Goa 9199581 7371074 12847911 5855274
4. Gujrat 37166455 21531591 16371757 9390979
5. Karnataka 29960537 46559286 52588677 49786414
6. Madhya Pradesh 16168730 15133201 6639491 9122140
7. Maharashtra 33663845 29849956 39690925 17417083
8. Odisha 24457069 7474203 41417498 11523658
9. Rajasthan 57257967 22413815 17003626 22762828
10. Tamilnadu 7673453 11128877 7765839 9399956
11. Uttar Pradesh 77487122 68581286 57855275 368278384


Sites under protection under Ministry of Railways (in Lakhs)

S.No World heritage Sites 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
1. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) (2004) 60 137.18 301.48 Not given
2. Mountain Railways of India ( Darjeeling,1999), Nilgiri (2005), Kalka-Shimla(2008) 4853.03 5040.75 4875.28 Not given


Under Protection of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (in Crores)

S.No Name of the Site 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
1. Historic City of Ahmedabad (2017) 7.85 3.04 9.25 14.50



ANNEXURE-II


ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3194

Sr No. Year Details of Site Proposed Status
1. 2015-16 Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda University) at Nalanda Declared as World Heriitage Site in the year of 2016 by UNESCO
2. 2016-17 Historic City of Ahmedabad Declared as World Heriitage Site in the year of 2017 by UNESCO
3. 2017-18 Victorian and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai Declared as World Heriitage Site in the year of 2018 by UNESCO
4. 2018-19 The Walled city of Jaipur Proposal for inscription was submitted to UNESCO WH Centre in Feb, 2018. ICOMOS expert has already visited the site for inspection.