New Delhi (NVI): Union Ministry for Culture and Tourism today said that it has approved the opening of 820 centrally protected monuments under the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) which have places of worship from tomorrow (June 8).
Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel also informed that all the protocols issued by the MHA and the Health Ministry will be followed in these monuments.
In its order, the Culture Ministry said that ASI shall ensure that preventive measures as stipulated in the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) issued by the Health Ministry.
आज संस्कृति मंत्रालय ने भारतीय पुरातत्व सर्वेक्षण विभाग के संरक्षित ८२० सक्रिय गतिविधियों वाले स्मारकों को ८जून से खोलने की स्वीकृति दी है।गृह एवं स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय के नि्र्देशो का पालन हो यही अपेक्षा है @PMOIndia @BJP4MP @incredibleindia @MinOfCultureGoI @BJP4India @
— Prahlad Singh Patel (@prahladspatel) June 7, 2020
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) in its SOP released on June 4 to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the religious places/places of worship said that the new measures are to be effectively put in place and scrupulously followed while opening and managing these Centrally Protected Monuments.
Apart from this, ASI shall also further ensure that it follows all other directions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Health Ministry in this regard, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement.
The Ministry has also asked ASI to share the list of these 820 CPMs proposed to be opened on June 8 with respective states and the districts concerned and that any state and/or district-specific orders with regard to containment and prevention of the spread of COVID- 19 are also comprehensively implemented.
