Maintenance of Monuments/Sites
The
Minister for Culture and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has
said that the Government of India encourages Public Private Partnership (PPP) for conservation,
restoration and environmental development of protected monuments and sites
under the aegis of National Culture Fund (NCF), a Trust under the Ministry of
Culture. In a written reply in the Lok
Sabha today she said, a few Corporate Houses have come forward for the
maintenance and development of monuments declared as of national importance.
The conservation, restoration and development of the monuments/ sites are
carried out as per the Conservation Manual and guidelines and Charters of
UNESCO. The details on the collaborations are at Annexure –I.
ANNEXURE-I
List of the NCF Projects on Monuments
under the custody of
Archaeological Survey of India
|
Sl. No.
|
Name of the Monument
|
Name of the
Sponsoring agency
|
State
|
Fund earmarked for
this Project
(Rs.)
|
|
1.
|
Monuments at Lodi Garden
|
Steel Authority of
India Ltd.
|
N.CT, Delhi
|
1.00
Crore
|
|
2.
|
Humayun’s Tomb, New Delhi
|
Aga Khan Trust for
Culture & Oberoi Group of Hotels
|
NCT, Delhi
|
2.25 Crores.
|
|
3.
|
Jantar Mantar
|
Apeejay Surendra
Park Hotels Ltd.
|
N.CT, Delhi
|
10 Lakhs
|
|
4.
|
Jaisalmer fort, Jaisalmer
|
World Monument Fund
|
Rajasthan
|
$ 4,39,000 &
4 Crores by ASI
|
|
5.
|
Sun Temple, Konark
|
Indian Oil Foundation
|
Odisha
|
25 Crores
|
|
6.
|
Kanheri Caves, Mumbai
|
Maharashtra
|
|
7.
|
Group of Temples, Khajuraho
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
8.
|
Vaishali
|
Bihar
|
|
9.
|
Warangal Fort, Warangal
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
10.
|
Taj Mahal, Agra
|
Indian Hotels Company
Ltd. (Tata Group)
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
1.87 Crores
|
|
11.
|
Shaniwarwada, Pune
|
Pune Municipal Corporation
|
Maharastra
|
34.18 Lakhs
|
|
12.
|
Krishna Temple Complex, Hampi,
|
Hampi Foundation
|
Karnataka
|
4 Crores
|
|
13.
|
Lauriya Nandangarh, West Champaran,
|
Bokaro Steel Plant
|
Bihar
|
50 Lakhs
|
|
14.
|
Wazirpur ka Gumbad, Munirka
|
M/s. PEC Ltd`
|
Delhi
|
25 Lakhs
|
|
15.
|
Hidimba Devi Temple
|
UCO Bank, Kolkata
|
Himanchal Pradesh
|
20 Lakhs
|
|
16.
|
Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
|
State Trading
Corporation Ltd.
|
Karnataka
|
50 Lakhs
|
|
17.
|
Tughlaqabad Fort
|
GAIL
|
Delhi
|
30 Lakhs
|
|
18.
|
Ibrahim Rauza
and Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
|
Naurus Trust
|
Karnataka
|
30 Lakhs
|
|
19.
|
Groups of Monuments, Mandu (MP),
Group of Temples, Jageshwar (Uttarakhand),
Archaeological Site, Vikramshila (Bihar)
|
NTPC
|
Madhya Pradesh,
Uttarakhand,
Bihar
|
5 crores
|
|
20.
|
Ambernath Shiv Temple
|
Nagrik Seva Mandal
|
Maharastra
|
22 Lakhs
|
|
21.
|
Ahom Monuments
|
ONGC
|
Assam
|
30 Lakhs
|
|
22.
|
Hazardwari Palace
|
SBI, Kolkata
|
W. Bengal
|
75 Lakhs
|
|
23.
|
Mahabalipuram
|
Shipping Corporation
of India
|
Tamil Nadu
|
25 Lakhs
|
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(Release ID :82512)