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All ASI monuments closed till May 15
With the number of positive Covid cases increasing at an alarming rate in India, the ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) on Thursday decided to shut all its monuments, museums, and protected sites including Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar and Humayunâs tomb till May 15 as a precautionary measure.
âDue to prevailing Covid situation, it has been decided to close all the centrally protected monuments/ sites and museums under Archaeological Survey of India with immediate effect and till 15 May 2021 or until further orders,â said the order issued by NK Pathak, Director (Monuments), ASI.
Mughal Fort Palace Red Fort in Delhi has been closed since January 19 after samples of dead crows collected from the site were found positive for avian influenza. To curtail, health risks posed by the coronavirus, all ASI sites were also closed last year on March 17.
The earlier panel’s term ended in 2019 The Centre has reconstituted an advisory committee to chalk out a plan for studying the mythical Sarasvati river for the next two years, after the earlier panel’s term ended in 2019.
The Archaeological Survey of India on March 10 issued a notification for “reconstitution of the Advisory Committee for the Multidisciplinary Study of the River Sarasvati”. The ASI had first set up the committee on December 28, 2017 for a period of two years.
The committee would continue to be chaired by the Culture Minister and include officials from the Culture, Tourism, Water Resources, Environment and Forest, Housing and Urban Affairs Ministries; representatives of the Indian Space Research Organisation; officials from the governments of Gujarat, Haryana and Rajasthan; and an ASI official. Among the “non-official members” of the 27-member panel are archaeologists B.R. Mani, Vasant Shinde, K.N. Dixit and K.K. Muhammed, and historian Balmukund Pan
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The Archaeological Survey of India on Wednesday extended the closure of Red Fort till January 31, a day after the historical site saw violent scenes during the farmers’ rally on Tuesday.
Red Fort had been closed from January 19 due to a case of bird flu being confirmed among dead crows found at the site. The ASI had closed the site to visitors from January 19 till January 21 due to bird flu and then it remained closed till Republic Day as is the case every year from January 22 to January 26. The closure was extended till Wednesday following the violence.