New Delhi. The Minister of State for Planning and Parliamentary Affairs Shri V. Narayanasamy has said that there are 174 monuments declared as of national importance in Delhi as per the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, of which 12 have been encroached upon. Besides, the Government of NCT Delhi has also declared 6 monuments as protected under the Delhi Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 2004 and all of these are free from encroachment. In 1950, there were 161 monuments in Delhi, declared as of national importance whereas at present, the total number is 174. 

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today he said, more or less the original view of the monuments are still intact, despite illegal encroachments. The monuments, archaeological sites and remains declared as of national importance are conserved, preserved and maintained by way of regular structural repairs on need basis as per archaeological norms and subject to availability of resources.