1 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 97 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.4.2016 VAISAKHA 5, 1938 (SAKA) NATIONAL HERITAGE STATUS 97. SHRI B.V.NAIK; SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA; SHRI P. KUMAR: Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has finalized its proposal for sending its entry for world heritage status long with the criteria to select entry for world heritage site status; (b) if so, the details thereof along with the names of temples, churches, mosques and monuments 2Iected and declared as national heritage in various States of the country, State-wise; (c) whether the Government has ignored Delhi as its official entry to UNESCO and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; (d) whether, some sites selected for UNESCO entry are under repair and renovation; (e) if so, the details thereof and the funds sanctioned by the Government in this regard so far, ate-wise; and (f) the action plan of the Government to attract more tourists to these sites. ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) AND MINISTER OF STATE, CIVIL AVIATION (DR. MAHESH SHARMA) (a) Yes madam. Government has finalized and submitted the proposal for “Historic City of Ahmedabad” as the entry in the cultural category of the World Heritage List for calendar year 2016-17. The proposal was submitted under cultural category under criteria II, V and VI (list of criteria in Annexure I) (b) For the proposal submitted related to Historic City of Ahmedabad submitted this year, list of nationally important monuments and those listed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation are given in Annexure II. List of monuments declared as National Heritage including temples, churches and mosques is given in Annexure III. (c) No madam. Government of India had forwarded the proposal for Delhi’s Imperial Capital City for the World Heritage Centre for consideration for the calendar year 2014-15. A deferral for the nomination was sought by the Government in order to give time to obtain further clarity on the modalities of the nomination process and its likely implications on development works in Delhi. (d) & (e) The conservation work of protected monuments as detailed in Annexure III is a continuous process. The essential conservation work on these monuments including World Heritage monuments under ASI is attended regularly depending upon the availability of resources and need of repairs at the particular site. For the financial 1 2 year 2015-16 Rs. 23861.24 lakhs were allocated for conservation of aforesaid protected monuments. Details are in Annexure IV. (e) Government is providing basic facilities/ amenities to the tourists visiting centrally protected monuments/sites and is also improving and upgrading these public amenities as a continuing process. 2 3 ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 97 FOR 25.4.2016. Criteria for the assessment of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) as per UNESCO’s Operational Guidelines (i) to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius; (ii) to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design; (iii) to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared; (iv) to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history; (v) to be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change; (vi) to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria. (vii) to contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance; (viii) to be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features; (ix) to be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals; (x) to contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in- situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. 3 4 ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 97 FOR 25.4.2016. List of Protected Monuments within the nominated property of Historic City of Ahmedabad Archeaological Survey of India, Vadodara Circle, Ahmedabad sub-circle NAME OF A.S.I PRESENT S. SURVEY NO./ MONUMENT MONUMENTS No. PLOT NO. 1 Three Gates NA NA NA 2 Bhadra Tower 200.67,12 Sq. mts. C.S. No. 4152 P.W.D. C.S. No. 2654, Sidi Saiyed's Shahpur, Ward 3 Mosque 1079.44 38 Sq. mts. Government Ahmed Shah's C.S. No.4638, 4 Mosque 3188.99.98 Sq. mts. Raikhad Government Teen Darwaja or 297 Sq. mts. As None (Gate used as Tripolis Gate per site plan, no part of the street) 5 records of area Government C.S. No. 3664, 6 Shah Khupai Masjid 1408.87.90 Sq. mts. Vahivatkarta Raikhad C.S. No. 4262, 7 Jami Masjid 9000.93.94 Sq. mts. Jamalpur II Vahivatkarta Tomb of Queens C.S. No. 3893, 8 of Ahmed Shah 1811 Sq. yards Jamalpur II Vahivatkarta Sunni welfare C.S. No. 4045, Committee Jamalpur II 9 Ahmed Shah's Tomb 764.22.28 Sq. mts. (Vahivatkarta) C.S. No. 4576, 10 Panch Kuwa Gate 130.43.62 Sq. mts. AMC Kalupur I Vahivatkarta Queen's (malik C.S. No. 441, welfare 11 Sarang Mosque) 2020.09.01 Sq. mts. Khadia - 1 committee Vahivatkarta 12 Queen's Tomb 498.33.34 Sq. mts. C.S. No. 431, welfare C.S.Khadia No. - 4353, 1 13 Delhi Gate 301.00.68 Sq. mts. Dariyapur Ward II AMC Qutubudin C. S. No. 45, 14 Shah's Mosque 2880.46.78 Sq. mts Shahpur Vahivatkarta 4 5 15 Kalupur Gate 65.22 Sq. mts. C.S. No. 4577 AMC C.S. No. 4354, 16 Sarangpur Gate 114 Sq. mts. AMC Khadia - I 17 Dariyapur Gate 183.95 Sq. mts. C.S. No. 4352 AMC 18 Premabhai Gate 100.34 Sq. mts. C.S. No. 5157 AMC Vahivatkarta welfare Committee C.S. No. 1103, Muhafiz Khan's 19 Mosque 1734.13.36 Sq. mts. Dariyapur -Sunni II Total area of C.S. no. Vahivatkarta Rani Rupvati's 1444 & 1445 is C.S. No. 1444 & 20 Mosque 1988.21.71 Sq. mts. 1445 (Private) Kaji Mohamed Total area C.S. No. 204 to Vahivatkarta Chisti's Mosque 1783.29.62 Sq. 21 209 Shahpur - I (Trustee) (Shaikh Hasan) mts. C.S. No. 251, Dastur Khan's Ismalpur I 22 Masjid 1937 sa. Yards (Jamalpur I) Private Vahivatkarta Sunni Muslim wlfare Rani Sipri's Mosque Total area C.S. No. 3150 & Commiittee 23 & Tomb 1669.75.22 Sq. mts 3151, Khadia - 2 C.S. No. 6937, 24 Astodia Gate 102.0079 Sq. mts Jamalpur - 1 AMC C. S. No. 4355, 25 Raipur Gate 117.05.62 Sq. mts AMC Khadia I 26 Haibat Khan's 2155.54.31 Sq. mts. C.S.No. 2371 Vahivatkarta Masjid Jamalpur I Nawab Sardar 27 Khan's Masjid & 2007 Sq. yards C.S. No. 6814, Private Nawab Sardar Khan's Rouza with its compound C.S. C.S. No. 6811, 28 No. 6811 2506 sq. yards Jamalpur I Private 5 6 ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 97 FOR 25.4.2016. LIST OF CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS (STATE – WISE) ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA 6 7 ABSTRACT OF NUMBER OF CENTRALLY PROTECTED MONUMENTS/ SITES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA IN THE COUNTRY Sl.No. Name of State Nos. of Monuments 1. Andhra Pradesh 129 2. Arunachal Pradesh 03 3. Assam 55 4. Bihar 70 5. Chhattisgarh 47 6. Daman & Diu (U. T.) 12 7. Goa 21 8. Gujarat 203 9. Haryana 91 10. Himachal Pradesh 40 11. Jammu & Kashmir 69 12. Jharkhand 13 13. Karnataka 506 14. Kerala 28 15. Madhya Pradesh 292 16. Maharashtra 285 17. Manipur 01 18. Meghalaya 08 19. Mizoram 01 20. Nagaland 04 21. N.C.T. Delhi 174 22. Odisha 79 23. Puducherry (U.T.) 07 24. Punjab 33 25. Rajasthan 162 26. Sikkim 03 27. Telangana 08 28. Tamilnadu 413 29. Tripura 08 30. Uttar Pradesh 743 31. Uttarakhand 42 32. West Bengal 136 TOTAL 3686 7 8 Centrally Protected monuments under the Archaeological Survey of India [ Circle-Wise and State-wise) Sl.No. Name of Circles Name of State-wise State cpm covered 1. Agra Circle 265 U.P. 743 2. Lucknow 334 3. Sarnath 144 4. Aurangabad 75 Maharashtra 285 Circle 5. Mumbai 117 6. Nagpur 93 7. Bangalore 133 Karnataka 506 Circle 8. Dharwad 298 9. Hampi 75 10. Bhopal Circle 292 Madhya 292 Pradesh 11. Bhubaneswar 79 Odisha 79 Circle 12. Chandigarh 124 Haryana 91 Circle Punjab 33 13. Chennai Circle 410 Tamil Nadu 403 Pudducherry 07 14. Dehradun 42 Uttarakhand 42 Circle 15.