Rs. 15 crore spent for repair of Jagannath temple by ASI

Rs. 15 crore spent for repair of Jagannath temple by ASI within last 9 years.

An estimated expenditure of Rs. 44 crores  by Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI)  in Odisha for  conservation of temples  and Historical places  from 2009-10 TO 2017-18 , exposed  under RTI

Dear  friends

RTI Application was filed to  the  CPIO, office of Director, Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI), Bhubaneswar  seeking  the  following  information.

· Name of the temples , historical places  which  has been  renovated and repaired  by ASI  and total expense made for each of it within last ten years.

· Details of fund allocated and expenditure made for renovation and repair of temples, historical places and others   from 2010 to 2018 ( year-wise).

·   Details of  expense made  for renovation and repair of Sri Jagannath Temple, Puri   and Konark temple  from 2010 to 2018 ( year-wise) .

On 5.3.19, the PIO has provided  the  following  information

A.      Total no. of 79 temples, archaeological sites and historical places  are under  constant repair  and maintenance by ASI in Odisha  since last 9  years ( from 009-10 to 2017-18).

B.      Year-wise  expenditure  for annual  maintenance  and  conservation works  of  temples and historical sites  are  as follows. 

Year	Annual expenses in Rs.
2009-10	2,56,06,326.00
2010-11	2,51,96,171.00
2011-12	2,77,62,558.00
2012-13	4,40,54,552.00
2013-14	2,10,72,701.00
2014-15	7,74,73,291.00
2015-16	6,37,14,860.00
2016-17	8,67,09,573.00
2017-18	6,88,45,784.00
Total	44,04.35,816.00

C.      Expenditure for repair  of Jagannath Temple within last 9 years is  Rs. 15,38,27,240.00

D.      Expenditure for renovation and repair  of Sun Temple , Konark is  Rs. 11,74,40,021.00

E.       28  temples  located  in Bhubaneswar are always under  constant  Annual repair  by ASI.

F.       Other major  temples  and historical sites  which are under renovation and repair are  as follows.

·         Excavated Buddhist site , Lalitagiri, Dist-Cuttack

·         Barabati Fort , Cuttack

·         Nilamadhav and Sidheswar Temple, Boudh

·         ChousathiYogini Temple, Ranipur Jharial, Dist-Bolangir

·         Excavated site at Bodhi, Choudwar, Dist-Cuttack

·         Mahadev temple, Balia, Dist-Jagatsingh Pur

·         Kuntio temple, Mahendragiri, Dist-Gajapati

·         Dakahya Prajapati Temple, Banpur

·         Chandrasekhar Jew Temple, Kapilash, Dist-Dhenkanal

·         Annakoteswar Mahadev Temple, Latadeipur, Dist-Dhenkanal

·         Rock Cut Vishnu, Kaniha, Dist-Angul

·         Varahanath Temple, Jajpur

·         4 Colossal images in SDO office Complex, Jajpur town, Dist- Jajpur

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date-15.3.19