Question : Restoration of Monuments

(a) whether the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has been responsible to conserve, protect and develop, restoration of old, ancient monuments in the country and if so, the details thereof along with the details of monuments in Odisha where ASI is involved in the restoration work during the last ten years;

(b) the details of the restoration work targeted, continuing, target date of completion of such work, completed so far, along with expenditure incurred for the said purpose monument-wise and year-wise;

(c) the details of the monitoring of restoration work taken up by the ASI and its evaluation thereof; and


(d) the steps taken by the Government to improve the restoration activities of the ASI?

Answer given by the minister

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

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a) & (b) Conservation work of the protected monuments is a continuous process wherein routine maintenance work is attended for all the protected monuments and special repair work is executed for selected monuments, every year, depending upon the requirements of different sites and availability of the resources. The details of protected monuments under Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) including Odisha along with expenditure incurred for the last three years and allocation for the current financial year are given in the Annexure

(c) & (d) The conservation work executed by the ASI is monitored through respective Circle offices, Regional Directorate offices and from the Headquarter office Delhi. For development of skills of conservation staff for restoration activities of the monuments, training courses are conducted regularly in the Institute of Archaeology of the ASI.


ANNEXURE

Statement referred to in reply to part (a) &(b) of the Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 4311 for 01.07.2019


Details of protected monuments, State/UT-wise, including expenditure incurred for conservation of these monuments during the last three years and allocation for the current year.

(Amount Rs. in Lakhs)
Sl. No. Name of State/UT Circle / Branch Total Number of Monuments Expenditure
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Allocation
1. Uttar Pradesh Agra Circle 745 1270.00 940.00 850.00 800.00
Lucknow Circle 945.08 688.52 648.97 650.00
Sarnath Circle 495.00 230.20 200.00 225.00
2. Maharashtra Aurangabad Circle 286 629.05 334.00 544.99 550.00
Mumbai Circle 902.82 900.48 914.98 850.00
Nagpur Circle 845.00 395.54 530.00 530.00
3. Karnataka Bangalore Circle 506 1427.02 1009.50 1056.89 950.00
Mini Circle Hampi 401.24 800.31 660.00 650.00
Dharwad Circle 716.42 516.98 597.99 600.00
4. Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Circle 292 1261.01 745.00 779.98 750.00
5. Odisha Bhubaneswar Circle 80 679.52 865.00 689.92 550.00
6. West Bengal, Kolkata Circle 136 537.95 280.68 521.00 751.18
Sikkim 03
7. Tamil Nadu, Chennai Circle 413 919.10 583.98 460.05 500.00
Puducherry (UT) 07
8. Punjab Chandigarh Circle 33 634.98 523.85 424.91 425.00
Haryana 91
9. Himachal Pradesh Shimla Circle 40 300.00 106.22 148.75 150.00
10. Delhi Delhi Circle 111 1176.73 562.50 901.88 1883.65
Delhi Mini Circle 63 - 418.05 640.11 600.00
11. Goa Goa Circle 21 240.99 155.30 239.64 240.00
12. Assam Guwahati Circle 55 395.07 262.19 377.00 300.00
Manipur 01
Meghalaya Aizwal Circle, Mijoram 08 72.20 86.20 100.00
Mizoram 01
Nagaland 04
Tripura 08
Arunchal Pradesh 03
13. Rajasthan Jaipur Circle 163
512.98 208.48 255.00 260.00
Jodhpur Circle 729.29 322.42 370.00 375.00
14. Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Circle 129 776.61 841.50 350.00 350.00
08
Telangana
15. Telengana Amrawati Circle --- --- 684.98 650.00
16. Bihar Patna Circle 70 374.99 153.53 195.00 250.00
17. Jammu &
Kashmir Srinagar Circle 56 135.07 95.83 215.00 250.00
Mini Circle Leh 13 131.50 43.40 54.09 55.00
18. Kerala Thrissure Circle 28 545.00 284.98 325.00 350.00
19. Gujarat Vadodara Circle 203 1123.07 1385.00 1117.99 950.00
Daman & Diu(UT) 12
20. Uttarakhand Dehradun Circle 42 215.00 55.07 70.00 70.00
21. Chhattisgarh Raipur Circle 47 670.33 216.30 176.39 175.00
22. Jharkhand Ranchi Circle 13 147.61 50.13 175.00 150.00
Chemical
Preservation
(All India) -- 729.60 690.13 549.79 582.00
Horticultural Activity (All India) -- 3878.22 4655.95 5528.20 5300.00
Construction of Boundary walls & Toilet Blocks at Monuments ¬¬¬- 10783.00 19737.09 19016.35
Reserve --- -- --- --- 289.68
Total 3691 23746.25 30176.22 41076.79 41127.86

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