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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
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.