IN THE first such largescale exercise in decades, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has put out a list of 18 centrally protected monuments which it wants to delist as, according to the central agency, they no longer hold national importance.
Incidentally, the list has been drawn up from a list of 24 “untraceable” monuments
Delisting of the monuments effectively means the central agency won’t have any onus to protect them, and activities related to construction and urbanisation in the area can be carried out in a regular manner.
The move to delist the 18 monuments comes nearly five months after the parliamentary panel observed that the list of ASI-protected sites includes a large number of “minor monuments” and recommended that it should be “rationalised and categorised” on the basis of their national significance, unique architectural value and specific heritage content.
Source: Indian Express
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