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Warangal district maps monument lands to stop encroachments
The Warangal district administration has launched an exercise to demarcate lands under the control of the Archaeological Survey of India and the Telangana Department of Heritage, aiming to prevent encroachments on protected…
The Story in Brief
The Warangal district administration has launched an exercise to demarcate lands under the control of the Archaeological Survey of India and the Telangana Department of Heritage, aiming to prevent encroachments on protected monuments. District Collector Satya Sharada on Wednesday directed officials from the ASI, Heritage Department, Revenue, and Survey and Land Records to identify boundaries and prepare comprehensive maps.
The initiative follows a communication from Heritage Director K. Arjun Rao urging district collectors to expedite transfer of lands attached to protected monuments. Officials say many sites were declared protected decades ago but attached lands were never formally transferred, leaving them vulnerable. The erstwhile Warangal district has 32 state-protected monuments, plus three major ASI sites including the UNESCO-listed Ramappa Temple. Sources say some individuals have obtained pattas for monument land.
The Indian Opinion
The usual lazy narrative is that the ASI and state archaeology departments are helpless victims of encroachers. In reality, decades of administrative sloth, with lands never formally transferred to the heritage department, created the opening for pattas to be issued on protected sites. The real test is whether this mapping exercise leads to actual evictions and title cancellations, or simply becomes another file in the collector’s office. Will the district name those who hold pattas on monument land?
Source: thehindu.com
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