Recently, the Centre Government has delisted 18 monuments from the list of Protected Monuments as they were found to have ceased to be of national importance as per the provisions of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958. The details are given at Annexure. No protected monument is missing at present.

More than 7.5 Lakh manuscripts have been digitized under Gyan Bharatam Mission, out of which, 1.29 Lakh manuscripts are available on Gyan Bharatam Portal https://gyanbharatam.com.

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) undertakes documentation, research, field surveys and audio-visual recording of traditional and endangered folk and tribal art forms through its cultural documentation programmes and regional initiatives. Workshops, seminars, exhibitions and publications are also organized to support preservation and dissemination of traditional knowledge systems.

Multi-Tasking Staff have been posted for   watch and ward duties as per requirement at protected monuments and areas. Further, at selected monuments, private security personnel are also deployed considering the footfall and sensitivity. In addition, CISF personnel have been deployed at Red Fort, Delhi and Taj Mahal, Agra.

 

ANNEXURE

Details of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites & Remains Ceased to be of National Importance

Sl. No.	Name of Monument	Locality	District	State
1.	Nicholson Statue and its platform, and the surrounding gardens, paths and enclosure wall	Outside the Kashmiri Gate, Delhi	Delhi	Delhi (NCT)
2.	Kos Minar No.13	Village Mujessar	Gurugram (Gurgaon)	Haryana
3.	Kos Minar	Shahabad	Karnal	Haryana
4.	Inscription in the fort of Bachhaun	Bachhaun	Satna	Madhya Pradesh
5.	Bara Khamba Cemetery	Imperial City, Delhi	Delhi	Delhi
6.	Inchla Wali Gumti	Mubarakpur Kotla	Delhi	Delhi
7.	Temple (12th Century)	Baran	Kotah	Rajasthan
8.	Inscription in Fort	Nagar	Jaipur	Rajasthan
9.	Kutumbari area 1316 nalis	Dwarahat	Almora	Uttarakhand
10.	A banyan grove of great antiquity containing traces of ancient buildings	Bharanli Ganga tir	Ghazipur	Uttar Pradesh
11.	Closed Cemetery, Katra Naka	South-west of Banda City	Banda	Uttar Pradesh
12.	Gunner Burkill’s Tomb at Rangoon	Rangoon	Jhansi	Uttar Pradesh
13.	Cemetery	Gaughat	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
14.	Cemeteries	At mile 6 and 8, Jahraila Road	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
15.	Tombs	in miles 3, 4 and 5, Lucknow-Fyzabad Road	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
16.	Remains of 3 small Linga temples to the north of the village Circa 1000 A.D.	Ahugi	Mirzapur	Uttar Pradesh
17.	Telia Nala Buddhist ruins, forms part of deserted village	Forms part of a deserted Masjid, immediately above the Nala on the high ground of its left bank a short distance from the point where it runs into the Ganga and close to the main street under which it flows	Varanasi (Benares)	Uttar Pradesh
18.	Tablet on the Treasury Building	Varanasi (Benares)	Varanasi (Benares)	Uttar Pradesh

 

This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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M Annadurai

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