Question : Preservation of Paintings and Caves

(a) whether it is a fact that due to the lack of maintenance the paintings, caves and the religious places of historical importance are in dilapidated condition;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the names of the States in the country including Bihar from which the proposals regarding preservation of religious places, painting and caves of historical importance have been received; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and the amount allocated annually for their maintenance along with year-wise details of the last three years?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM

(PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) & (b) No Sir, conservation work of protected monuments comprising caves, religious and other places, paintings etc. is attended by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) regularly as per the availability of the resources and they are in a good state of preservation.

(c) & (d) No such proposals have been received. However essential conservation work of protected monuments in the country including Bihar is attended regularly by the ASI and the details of year-wise allocation and expenditure for last three years are given in annexure.


ANNEXURE


ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) & (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1795 FOR 02.03.2020

STATE/UT-WISE DETAILS OF ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND EXPENDITURE INCURRED DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF MONUMENTS
(Amount Rs. in Lakhs)
Sl. No. Name of State/UT Circle / Branch Total Number
of Monuments Year
2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Allocation Exp. Allocation Exp.
Allocation Exp.
1. Uttar Pradesh Agra Circle 745 940.00 940.00 850.00 850.00 860.00 858.61
Lucknow Circle 689.50 688.52 649.00 648.97 482.00 481.99
Sarnath Circle 230.21 230.20 200.00 200.00 255.00 254.57
2. Maharashtra Aurangabad Circle 286 334.00 334.00 545.00 544.99 430.00 430.00
Mumbai Circle 922.00 900.48 915.00 914.98 890.00 889.97
Nagpur Circle 399.00 395.54 530.00 530.00 470.00 470.00
3. Karnataka Bangalore Circle 506 1010.00 1009.50 1056.90 1056.89 985.00 985.00
Mini Circle Hampi 800.32 800.31 660.00 660.00 535.00 519.04
Dharwad Circle 517.00 516.98 598.00 597.99 640.00 639.97
4. Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Circle 292 745.00 745.00 780.00 779.98 810.00 809.48
5. Odisha Bhubaneswar Circle 80 865.00 865.00 690.00 689.92 590.00 590.00
6. West Bengal, Kolkata Circle 135 298.55 280.68 521.00 521.00 1074.98 968.75
Sikkim 03
7. Tamil Nadu, Chennai Circle 413 596.00 583.98 460.00 460.05 810.00 809.50
Puducherry (UT) 07
8. Punjab Chandigarh Circle 33 525.85 524.68 425.00 424.91 290.00 289.99
Haryana 91
9. Himachal Pradesh Shimla Circle 40 106.24 106.22 148.75 148.75 151.00 151.00
10. Delhi Delhi Circle 111 570.25 569.82 902.00 901.88 2456.65 2456.65
Delhi Mini Circle 63 419.25 418.05 640.00 640.11 610.00 609.35
11. Goa Goa Circle 21 155.00 155.30 239.65 239.64 160.00 159.99
12. Assam Guwahati Circle 55 262.19 262.19 377.00 377.00 315.00 315.00
Manipur 01
Meghalaya Aizwal Circle, Mijoram 08 72.20 72.20 86.20 86.20 85.00 83.76
Mizoram 01
Nagaland 04
Tripura 08
Arunchal
Pradesh 03
13. Rajasthan Jaipur Circle 163 210.00 208.48 255.00 255.00 290.00 290.00
Jodhpur Circle 323.00 322.42 370.00 370.00 415.00 415.00
14. Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Circle 129 841.50 841.50 350.00 350.00 370.00 370.00
Telangana 08
15. Telangana Amravati Circle 0 0 685.00 684.98 530.00 529.94
16. Bihar Patna Circle 70 159.00 153.53 195.00 195.00 176.00 175.98
17. Jammu &
Kashmir Srinagar Circle 56 95.83 95.83 215.00 215.00 175.00 175.00
Mini Circle Leh 14 43.42 43.40 54.12 54.09 70.00 69.98
18. Kerala Thrissure Circle 28 285.00 284.98 325.00 325.00 227.00 227.00
19. Gujarat Vadodara Circle 203 1385.00 1385.00 1118.00 1117.99 962.00 961.99
Daman & Diu(UT) 12 0
20. Uttarakhand Dehradun Circle 42 70.00 55.07 70.00 70.00 82.00 82.00
21. Chhattisgarh Raipur Circle 47 216.78 216.30 177.00 176.39 210.00 209.08
22. Jharkhand Ranchi Circle 13 80.00 50.13 175.00 175.00 86.00 86.00
Chemical Preservation
(All India) -- 750.93 635.13 550.80 549.79 524.96 517.49
Horticultural Activity (All India) -- 4657.05 4655.95 5529.00 5528.20 4563.00 4562.93
DG Office --- 10783.00 10783.00 19737.90 19737.09 19057.27 19057.00
Total 3691 30358.07 30129.37 41080.32 41076.79 40637.86 40502.01





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