New Delhi/Ahmedabad

Instances of encroachments have been reported at 278 centrally protected monuments across India, 13 of which are in Gujarat, a list of which is presented below:

– Malik Alam”s Mosque Ahmedabad,
– Saiyed Usman Mosque Ahmedabad Usmanpura/Ahmedabad
– Small Stone Mosque, Ahmedabad Paldi/Ahmedabad
– Dariyakhan Tomb, Ahmedabad Back of Dudheshwar/Ahmedabad
– Achyut Bibi”s Mosque, Ahmedabad Dudheshwar/Ahmedabad
– Khawaja Dana Saheb Dargah Surat
– Ancient Site Gohilwad Timbo Amreli Distt.
– Ruined Hindu temple & Jain Temples on the top of Hill Pavagadh/Godhra-Panchmahal
– Nawab Sardar Khan Roza with its compound Wall Jamalpur/Ahmedabad
– Mir Abu Turab Tomb, Ahmedabad Jamalpur/Ahmedabad
– Ram Laxman Temple, Baradia Baradia/Distt. Jamnagar
– Shah Kupai Masjid, Ahmedabad Karian Khas Bazar/Ahmedabad
– Caves at Talaja and |Jaina Temples Talaja, District Bhavnagar

These details were shared by Minister of State, Culture and Tourism(Independent Charge) Dr. Mahesh Sharma in Rajya Sabha.

In another detail shared by minister, total 69 private security persons are outsourced deployed for protection of monuments by Archaeological Survey of India(ASI) in Gujarat through its Vadodara circle office.

Group of Monuments Champaner – 25
Sun Temple Modhera – 15
Rani Ki VoV Pattan – 14
Monuments at Ahmadabad – 15

– DeshGujarat