Issues related to protection of monuments in odisha
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Cuttack, Sept. 20: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has informed Orissa High Court that it does not have any objection against construction of a wall around the area under its custody in the protected area of Sisupalgarh.
Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage (Intach), which had filed a PIL in March 27, 2007, on increasing encroachments in the protected area of the 2,000-year-old fortified settlement on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, filed a fresh petition recently.
The petition sought the court’s direction to the chief secretary, secretary of urban development department, superintendent of the state archaeological department and the ASI director-general, to construct the wall for protecting the area under exclusive possession of the ASI from encroachment.
Responding to the petition, ASI counsel Lalatendu Jena submitted an affidavit yesterday mentioning the “no objection” to Intach’s plea. Taking note of it, the division bench of Chief Justice Amitava Roy and Justice B.R. Sarangi adjourned the matter for hearing after the Puja vacation along with the response from the state government.