Promotion Of Monuments

The detailed list of 285 centrally protected monuments, archaeological sites and remains in Maharashtra and 133 in West Bengal under the jurisdiction of Archaeological Survey of India is at Annexure-I and II respectively. No comprehensive survey of unprotected monuments in the country has been undertaken by the Archaeological Survey of India.

The funds allocated and spent on conservation, preservation, maintenance and development of environs of these centrally protected monuments during the last three years and for the current year is as under:

Rupees in lakhs

Maharashtra	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12 (upto Aug.’11)
Allocation	750.15	785.00	705.00	655.00
Expenditure	750.14	784.99	704.98	377.46

West Bengal	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12 (upto July’11)
Allocation	382.00	338.00	417.00	380.00
Expenditure	373.15	329.50	416.31	89.18

The ASI maintains all the centrally protected monuments and sites, including Adilabad Fort in Delhi and Buddhist sites in Odisha, on regular basis, depending upon their special needs, within the available manpower and financial resources. The centrally protected monuments/sites are in a fairly good state of preservation. At present, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has no plan/proposal to undertake more excavation particularly in the State of Tamil Nadu.

All world heritage sites are in a good state of conservation and are being regularly maintained by Archaeological Survey of India as per existing international charters and guidelines. In addition to the conservation, preservation, maintenance and development of environs of the world heritage sites, creation of tourist-related amenities (e.g. drinking water, toilet blocks, facilities for physically challenged, pathways, cultural notice boards/signage, vehicle parking, cloak rooms, etc are also among the regular activities which the ASI undertakes as per needs and availability of resources.