Preparation of Heritage Bye-Laws
Preparation of Heritage
Bye-Laws
National Monuments Authority
(NMA) has so far not noticed any bye-laws for any protected monuments and protected
area declared as of national importance. Preparation of heritage bye-laws for
all the 3686 protected monuments and protected areas is under process. Since a
number of agencies are involved in the process of preparing the bye-laws till
their notification, namely Archaeological Survey of India, Survey of India,
National Monuments Authority, Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Law and the
volume of work is very large, no fixed time limit can be indicated for
notifying the heritage bye-laws in respect of all the protected
monuments/sites.
Lack of capacity with the specialised agencies to accomplish this mammoth task, which also includes survey and marking of the protected, prohibited and regulated areas apart from various other factors, is one of the primary reasons for the delay.
Ideally, in the absence of heritage byelaws, no permission for construction activities should have been granted in protected, prohibited and regulated areas in which case there would have been no danger to the preservation of Indian cultural Heritage.
This information was given by Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Dr. Mahesh Sharma in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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Status of Ruins of Nalanda
University
The Government has
sent the Nomination Dossier ‘Excavated Remains of Nalanda Mahavihara’ on 1st
February 2015 to the World Heritage Centre, Paris to inscribe it on the World
Heritage List.
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) field evaluation mission led by Prof. Masaya Masui, visited Nalanda Mahavihara and its buffer from 25th to 29th of August 2015. After the mission, ICOMOS asked for additional information which has been submitted.
ICOMOS officials, advisory body of UNESCO World Heritage Centre, visited the Ruins of Nalanda University and other areas of the country. Sites visited by ICOMOS experts, other than Nalanda Mahavihara are the Architectural works of Le Corbusier in Chandigarh (trans-border serial nomination submitted by the French Government) and the cultural resources included in the proposal ‘Kangchendzonga National Park, a mixed property was also evaluated by an expert selected by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN). Evaluation of these proposals is a closed-door process where the State Party is not involved and is discouraged from enquiring.
This information was given by Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Dr. Mahesh Sharma in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) field evaluation mission led by Prof. Masaya Masui, visited Nalanda Mahavihara and its buffer from 25th to 29th of August 2015. After the mission, ICOMOS asked for additional information which has been submitted.
ICOMOS officials, advisory body of UNESCO World Heritage Centre, visited the Ruins of Nalanda University and other areas of the country. Sites visited by ICOMOS experts, other than Nalanda Mahavihara are the Architectural works of Le Corbusier in Chandigarh (trans-border serial nomination submitted by the French Government) and the cultural resources included in the proposal ‘Kangchendzonga National Park, a mixed property was also evaluated by an expert selected by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN). Evaluation of these proposals is a closed-door process where the State Party is not involved and is discouraged from enquiring.
This information was given by Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) and Minister of State for Civil Aviation Dr. Mahesh Sharma in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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