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Nearly 60,000 monuments across the country are at nature’s mercy with no agency taking measures for their protection, a body working on conservation of monuments said. Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has prepared a list of nearly 70,000 monuments in the country of which about 60,000 are not looked after by any government or private agency. “Many of these 60,000 monuments need immediate attention. Otherwise, they will be ruined,” INTACH Chairman S K Mishra said. These monuments belong to different periods of history and are reminiscent of art, architecture and culture of respective eras. They include old forts, temples and various other structures. “Before conservation, we need to protect these monuments first,” Mishra said. The Archaeological Survey of India, the central agency to look after the monuments, is protecting about 7,000 monuments. Besides, archaeological departments of states take care of some. INTACH, the NGO set up in 1984 with the mandate to look after monuments which are not under the coverage of government agencies, has taken up restoration and protection of a few hundreds of monuments. —
PTI
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