CONSERVATION OF MONUMENTS
The Archaeological
Survey of India has identified over five hundred centrally- protected
monuments for structural conservation, chemical preservation and
development under the Tenth Five Year Plan. As there has been
an increase in the revised estimates, a fresh exercise is underway
for allocating the monument-wise requirement of funds for the
current year as well as for the remaining years of the Plan period.
The India Gate
built in 1920 in New Delhi does not figure in the list of protected
monuments under the care of Archaeological Survey of India, since
monuments less than one hundred years old are not considered for
protection as per Section 2 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological
Sites and Remains Act, 1958.
The main structure of India Gate
and the environment around it, are preserved and maintained by
the Central Public Works Department. The Amar Jawan Jyoti is maintained
by the Military Engineering Service while the maintenance of the
adjoining area is done by the New Delhi Municipal Council. They
follow the norms laid down by their respective Departments.(PIB
Features)
