GS Mains Model Question & Answer : There is a proposed amendment under Ancient monument and Archaelogical site and remain Act 1958.Discuss the issue related with it. Comment

Q. There is a proposed amendment under Ancient monument and Archaelogical site and remain Act 1958.Discuss the issue related with it. Comment

Model Answer:

There is a proposed amendment under Ancient monument and Archaelogical site and remain Act 1958.Discuss the issue related with it.

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was formed in 1861 by a statute passed into law by Lord Canning with Sir Alexander Cunningham as its first Archaeological Surveyor to excavate and conserve India’s ancient built heritage.

The job of the ASI which comes under the Ministry of Culture is to protect the cultural heritage of our nation.
The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2010 was passed with provisions to safeguard and protect ancient monuments and antiquities of India as well as regulate all construction activity around the monuments.

Provision under AMARA 2010

1) ‘prohibited area’ which meant that no construction activity (erection or a building, including any addition or extension thereto either vertically or horizontally) could take place within 100 metres in all directions of a monument
2) ‘regulated area’ which meant that permission may be given after due consideration.

The recent proposal for the amendment in AMARA 2010 which allows construction within the prohibited zone.

1) it undermines the previous act.
2) Historical monuments and the surrounding spaces are in danger in the name of development.
3) Hurting the sentiments of many.

Suggestion:

1) Need trans disciplinary intervention for any such projects.
2) Needed urban art commission in each city for appropriate mapping of its tangible and intangible monuments.

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