(a) whether attention of the Government has been drawn to the news-item captioned `Under ASI regime monuments go missing` appearing in the Hindu dated October 8, 2002;
(b) if so, the number of monuments across the country that are enlisted in ASI records but are not traceable; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government for tracing and proper maintenance of the missing enlisted monuments?
MINISTER FOR TOURISM AND CULTURE (SHRI JAGMOHAN)
(a)&(b) Yes, Sir. List enclosed at Annexure.
(c) Archaeological Survey of India is making serious efforts through systematic archaeological survey to trace the monuments categorised as untraced.
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.15 FOR 18.11.2002
LIST OF MONUMENTS CATEGORISED AS UNTRACED
Sl.No. Name of Monument/site Location/State
1. Tomb of Capt. Mc.Barnett & others who fell in an attack on Kishanganj Delhi
2. Tomb with three domes near railway station Delhi
3. Moti Gate of Sher Shah Delhi
4. Pool Chadar Delhi
5. Alipur Cemetry Delhi 6. Site of Siege Battery with following inscription:- `No 11 Battery - Right, Major Edward Kaye, R.A., Commanding Armament two 18 - pounders; seven 8 - inch howitzers, To breach Kashmir bastion` Delhi
7 Nicholson Statue, its platform, surrounding garden and enclosure wall Delhi
8. Site of seige Batery bearing the inscription Right Attack `Lieutanat F.R. Mansell, R.E. Directing Engineer No. 1 Battery Right, Major Jaes Brind RA Commanding Armament five 18 pounders; one 18 inch Howitzer to silence More Bastion` Delhi
9. Inchla Wali Gumti Delhi 10. Mound known as Joga Bai Delhi 11. Samsi Talab together with both the plat form and entrance gate Delhi 12. Bara Khamba Cemetry Delhi 13. Kos Minar at Munjesar in Faridabad District Haryana 14. Pre-historic site at Evathahalli, Taluk, Afzalpur, Dist. Gulbarga Karnataka 15. Ruins of Copper Temple (Tamreswari), Paya, District Lohit Arunachal Pradesh
16. Gun of Emperor Sher Shah, Sadia, District Tinsukia Assam 17. Four monolithic Groups Khartong, Derebarga, Kobak and Bolosan, N.C. Hills District Assam