Delhi has lost 12 monuments

Rapid urbanisation,commercialisation and development projects have destroyed nearly 35 protected monuments across the country that were under the jurisdiction of the Archaeological Survey of India.

Rapid urbanisation,commercialisation and development projects have destroyed nearly 35 protected monuments across the country that were under the jurisdiction of the Archaeological Survey of India. Of these,12 were from the Capital.

Of the 3,675 centrally-protected monuments or sites,35 are not traceable, said Union Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs V Narayanasamy who also holds the ad-hoc charge of Culture Minister at the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The disappearance came to light in course of surveys and it is not feasible to fix individual responsibility, he added.

Some of the missing heritage structures include the Guns of Emperor Sher Shah at Nasadia (Assam),ruins of the Copper Temple,Paya,in Arunachal Pradesh and Mughal Kos Minar in Haryana. Besides,eight monuments in Uttar Pradesh,three each from Uttarakhand and J&K and two each in Rajasthan,Gujarat and Haryana are gone. One monument each in Assam,Arunachal Pradesh and Karnataka,too,are missing as well.

Capital misses
* Moti Gate of Sher Shahs Delhi,Mauza Babarpur
* Pool Chdr,Mauza Chaukri Mubarakabad
* Alipur Cemetery,Alipur encamping ground,
* Barakhamba Cemetery
* Tomb of Capt. Mc. Barnett & others who fell in an attack on Kishanganj at Kishanganj
* Tomb with three domes,Nizamuddin
* Site of Siege Battery,east of the hospital in Police Lines
* Site of Siege Battery,Compound of Curzon House
* Inchla Wali Gumti,village Mubarak pur Kotla,
* Mound known as Joga Bai,Jamia Nagar
* Shamsi Tallab,Mehrauli
* Nicholson Statue outside Kashmere Gate