Some World Heritage sites need better upkeep, 'golden' or not

The Archealogical Survey of India (ASI) is in the limelight for the excavation it has controversially launched at the ruins of the fort of Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh, where a sadhu had prophesied the existence of a treasure of gold. A report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India tabled recently in Parliament, had spoken of poor conservation and management taking their toll on many of the country's archaeological treasures, including World Heritage sites. Is the ASI getting its priorities right?

October 21, 2013 08:03 pm | Updated November 27, 2021 04:20 pm IST

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