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19/06/22 18:20 PM IST

Govt to tweak Ancient Monuments Act to make it flexible

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  • The government is working to bring amendments to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act-1958, which stipulates area around the protected monuments to make it “more flexible and friendly.
AMSAR Act -1958
  • The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act (or AMASR Act) is an act of parliament of the government of India that provides for the preservation of ancient and historical monuments and archaeological sites and remains of national importance, for the regulation of archaeological excavations and for the protection of sculptures, carvings and other like objects.
  • The AMASR Act, 1958, was amended in 2010, according to which 100-metre radius of an ASI-protected monument is “prohibited area”, and hence, no construction is allowed there, while the next 300-metre is “regulated area”, where permissions are required before executing any structural changes.
Need for Amendment 
  • To rationalize prohibited and regulated zones following controversies over development projects pertaining to different monuments.
  • To give more teeth to the ASI to remove encroachments from regulated zones around the monuments and hold the local authorities liable.
  • To create standardization for the inclusion of site/monument in the ASI list and if the need arises, monuments can also be dropped from the list.
  • To recheck the reason for having 100-metre and 300-metre limits as a recent Parliamentary Standing Committee report had also alluded to the fact that there was no specific reason behind these.
Source- Indian Express 

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