Question : Monitoring Mechanism for Maintenance of Historical Sites

(a) whether the Government has any plan to institutionalise the monitoring mechanism of maintenance of historical and tourist sites of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the district-wise names of all the historical and tourist sites in the State of Chhattisgarh;

(d) the details regarding the maintenance as well as revenue and expenditure in case of the said sites during the last two years and the current year; and

(e) the details of steps taken by the Government in this regard so far?

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM

(PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)


(a) & (b) The conservation, maintenance and monitoring of protected monuments in the country including historical and tourist sites is attended regularly by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as per the availability of the resources.

(c) The details of protected monuments under the ASI in the State of Chhattisgarh are given in the Annexure.

(d) & (e) The routine maintenance work of all the protected monuments in the Chhattisgarh is attended regularly by the ASI as per the availability of the resources. The details of expenditure incurred for conservation of protected monuments in the State of Chhattisgarh during the last two years including allocation for the current financial year are given below:

Sl. No. Year Expenditure incurred /Allocation
(Amount Rs. in Lakhs)
1 2017-18 176.39
2 2018-19 209.08
3 2019-20 300.00 (Allocation)

There is one ticketed monument in the Chhattisgarh. The details of revenue collected during the last two years and current year are as under:

Sl. No. Year Amount of revenue collected
(Amount Rs. in Lakhs)
1 2017-18 11.49
2 2018-19 12.68
3 2019-20 15.25 (Till February 2020)

Annexure

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3485 FOR 16.03.2020.

The details of protected monuments under the ASI in the State of Chhattisgarh.
Sl. No Name of the monument / site Locality District
1 Ancient sculpture in Danteswari Temple Barsoor Bastar
2 Chandraditya Temple Barsoor Bastar
3 Ganesh statue Barsoor Bastar
4 Mama Bhanja Temple Barsoor Bastar
5 Mahadev Temple Barsoor Bastar
6 Bhiram Dev Temple Bhairamgarh Bastar
7 Danteswari Temple Dantewada Bastar
8 Kama Memorial or Urasgattta Post Dhilmil Bastar
9 Brick mounds Garhdhanora Bastar
10 Megalithic site containing urskals Gameswada Bastar
11 Narayan Temple Narayanpal Bastar
12 Karli Mahadev Temple Samloor Bastar
13 Large Vaishnava Temple Janjgir Bilaspur
14 Small Vishnu Temple Janjgir Bilaspur
15 Brick Temple of Savari Kharod Bilaspur
16 Small Brick Temple (Andaldeo temple) Kharod Bilaspur
17 Malhar Fort Malhar Bilaspur
18 Mahadev Temple Pali Bilaspur
19 Pateleswar Mahadev temple including all ancient remains of other temples closeby Malhar Bilaspur
20 Kanti Deul Ratanpur Bilaspur
21 Whole site around Ratanpur /Ratanpur Fort Ratanpur Bilaspur
22 Pali inscription on slab of Jasper Samarsol Bilaspur
23 Half ruined temple of Kesava Narayan built of bricks Sheorinarayana Bilaspur
24 Sheorinarayana Temple together with ruined temples in the same compound Sheorinarayana Bilaspur
25 Remains of Siva temple Arbhar Bilaspur
26 Remains of a very ancient (Mahadev) temple Tuman Bilaspur
27 Chitturgarh Fort Lepha Bilaspur
28 Kotagrh Fort Near Bargaon Bilaspur
29 Kasigarh Fort Bawanbadi Bilaspur
30 Ajmergarh Fort Amnala Bilaspur
31 Temple Belpan Bilaspur
32 Temple (Ruined) Gatora Bilaspur
33 Kotmi Fort Kotmi Bilaspur
34 Ruined Siva Temple Deobaloda Durga
35 Sita Devi Temple Deorbija Durga
36 Sati Pillars Deorbija Durga
37 Bhand Deul Arang Raipur
38 Mahadev Temple including math of Bairagi and Mandapa Narayanpur Raipur
39 Temple belonging to Mahantlal Das of Sheorinarayan dedicated to Surya Narayanpur Raipur
40 Group of temples known as Rajiv Lochan Rajim Raipur
41 Sita known as Sita Baree Rajim Raipur
42 Temple of Ranchandra Rajim Raipur
43 Laxman temple and old sites Sirpur Raipur
44 The area around Sirpur village and the mound to the east of the village Sirpur Raipur
45 Old Siva temple Gandai Rajnandgaon
46 Sita bengra caves Ramagarh hill Udaipur Sarguja
47 Jogimara Caves Ramagarh hill Udaipur Sarguja