After
undertaking the Performance Audit of Archaeological Survey of India, the
Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) in its report submitted to Parliament
on 23 August, 2013 has reported that 92 monuments/sites are missing/ untraceable.
Based on
this report of the CAG, field offices were asked to conduct a detailed
verification of each monument under their jurisdiction reported as missing by the
Audit team. Necessary information has been received from the field offices of
the ASI and it is revealed that out of 92 monuments, 65 monuments cannot be
treated as missing or untraceable. The monuments which have been submerged
under reservoirs, encroached upon or affected due to rapid urbanization were
also shown as missing by the Audit team.
The position in respect of these 92 monuments/sites after verification
by ASI, is as under-
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(i) Monuments Physically existing
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39
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(ii) Monuments that have been submerged under dams/reservoirs
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12
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(iii) Monuments under encroachment
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08
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(iv) Monuments affected due to urbanization
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06
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(v) Monuments yet to be verified by the
field offices
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06
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(vi) Monuments not traceable after
verification
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21
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