STATE TAKES STOCK OF ALL HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IN AGRA | AGRA HINDI NEWS

The government is all geared up about documenting its maintenance of historical monuments in the district that are not under the care of the Archaeological survey of india (ASI) or any such other body at state level. The documentation would be supervised by the National Mission for Monuments and Antiquities (NMMA).
ASI superintending Archaeologist, Agra Circle , Dr Atiq R.Siddiqui said,"Although a proposal had been moved to list and document about the neglected heritages monuments, the government until redently didn't get serious about taking care of these."
Dr Siddiqui said a plan was chalked out on the project after a meeting was held in Lucknow under the chairmanship of Director General (tourism) Avnish Awasthi.
The Centre had formulated the NMMA to document about the heritage monuments that don't come under the purview of either the Centre or the state government. According to Centre , there were several such monuments across the country thar are of heritage value but are under serious neglect. The plan was to first list these monuments and then to ideate how these could be preserved .
However, according to Siddiqui, the progress of the project in the initial three years was quite slow. He said now, however, the government is taking it up practically and implementing it seriously.
Across UP, districts such as Agra, Meerut , Jaunpur , Varanasi, Lucknow and Bareilly would be covered under this move. He said that a resource person has already been identified. Soon details such as how the monuments would be identified and the funds for the project would be worked out.