Question : DECLARATION OF PROTECTED MONUMENTS



(a) whether any monuments/sites declared as protected by the Government during 2004-05;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has identified any other monuments/sites to be declared as protected;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the steps taken/to conserve, preserve and maintain these monuments and the funds allocated for the same?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER FOR INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND CULTURE (SHRI S. JAIPAL REDDY)

(a)&(b) Yes, Sir. A list of monuments/sites declared as of national importance during the year 2004-05 is at Annexure-I.

(c)&(d) Yes, Sir. A list of monuments/sites for which the Preliminary Gazette Notification has been issued and the objections/suggestion from the concerned public/agencies have been invited under the provision of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 is at Annexure-II.

(e) The conservation and preservation of the monuments is a continuous process. The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) undertakes regular maintenance works, structural conservation, special repairs and chemical conservation of the protected monuments under their annual conservation programme. In addition to the above, landscaping of selected monuments is also undertaken. For the year 2005-06, ASI has allocated Rs. 12871.00 lakhs for the conservation programme of the Centrally Protected Monuments.


ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a&b)) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2754 FOR 11.8.2005

LIST OF MONUMENTS PROTECTED DURING 2004-05

SL. No.	Name of the Monument/ Sites	Locality	District	State
1 Summer Palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Company Bagh, Amritsar Punjab
2 Prehistoric Anthropomorphic Figure Kumati Distt. Bellary Karnataka Tehsil- Kudligi
3 Chandrasekhar` Temple (Group of Monuments Yogapitha Distt. Dhenkanal Orissa and Ancient Steps) Kapilas Tehsil- Gondia 4 Annakoteswar Temple Locality- Latadeipur Distt. Dhenkanal Orissa Tehsil- Gondia
5 Kannakeswar Mahadev Temple & Group of Temples Mauza-Kualo, Sheet Distt. Dhenkanal Orissa No.4, Tehshil Parajang
6 Anant Sayi Vishnu Saranga Distt. Dhenkanal Orissa Tehsil- Parajanga
7 Balbn Khan`s Tomb & Jamli Kamali, Lado Sarai,Mehrauli Delhi Delhi
8 Unknown Tomb in the vicinity of Jawahar L.N. Stadium Pragati Vihar New Delhi New Delhi
9 Hayagriva Madhava Temple Hazo District Kamrup Assam
10 Nil Kuthi Mound Mouza Chak ,Chandpara Distt.Mursidabad West Bengal
11 Brahma Temple Pushkar Distt. Ajmer Rajasthan



ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFEERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABH UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2754 FOR 11.8.2005

LIST OF MONUMENTS WHERE PRELIMINARY GAZETTE NOTIFICATION TO DECLARE THEM AS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE IS ISSUED DURING THE YEARS 2002,2003,2004 & 2005
SL.No.	NAME OF THE MONUMENTS
1. 3 Bhimgarh Fort Reasi, District Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir

2. 4 Hanuman Temple Complex, Connaught Place, New Delhi

3. 5 Pushkar Ghats Pushkar, District Ajmer, Rajasthan

4. 6 Gonpas & other historical remains adjoining to Leh Palace, District Leh- (Ladakh) Jammu & Kashmir.

5. 7 Ganesh Temple and Kameswar Temple at Hazo, Distt. Kamrup, Assam 6. 9 Sri Sri Kedar Temple at Hazo, Distt. Kamrup, Assam

7 11 Sthala Sayana Perumal Temple, Mamallapuram, Taluk - Tirukkalukundram, Distt. Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu

8. 12 Gumti of Shaikh Ali, Defence Colony, New Delhi

9. 13 Ancient Shiva Temple and Well, Jal Vihar, New Delhi. 10. 14 Kala Gumbad, Pragati Vihar, Defence Colony, Delhi. 11. 17 Shikargah, Jaunti Village, Tehsil -Saraswati Vihar, Delhi 12. 18. Bhutat Alwar, Mahablipuram Taluk,Tirukalukundram District Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu 13. 19 Narsinghgarh Fort, Tehsil Narsinghgarh, District Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh