Question : RESTORATION OF SHANIWARWADA

(a) Whether the Government/Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has received any request/proposal from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) seeking permission to take up restoration of the burnt seven storey teakwood structure/monument ‘Shaniwarwada’ in Pune;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken on the proposal;

(c) whether the ASI/PMC has formulated any action plan to restore the said structure/monument;

(d) if so, the salient features of the Plan; and

(e) the funds allocated for the purpose and the time by which the said monument is likely to be restored to its original shape?

MINISTER OF CULTURE (SHRIMATI CHANDRESH KUMARI KATOCH)

(a) No such proposal has been received.

(b) Does not arise.

(c)&(d) Shaniwarwada in Pune was notified as a protected monument after it had already been burnt down. Status quo condition of the monument, as it is found at the time of the notification, is maintained as a general principle by the ASI. Hence, no restoration work of the teakwood structure in Shaniwarwada is envisaged.

(e)The details of expenditure incurred during the last three years and allocation for the current year for the conservation work of this monument are as under:-

Expenditure incurred	Allocation
2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
6,03,278	3,76,462	6,15,512	10,00,000