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- The Warangal district administration has begun an exercise to survey and demarcate lands belonging to monuments protected by the Archaeological Survey of India and the Telangana Department of Heritage.
- District Collector Satya Sharada has asked officials from multiple departments to map boundaries and complete the process quickly.
- The move follows a state-level directive urging districts to formally transfer monument lands still held by revenue departments, as many sites declared protected decades ago never had their lands transferred, leaving them open to encroachment and even pattas issued to individuals.
- The erstwhile Warangal district has 32 state-protected monuments and three ASI-protected ones, including the UNESCO-listed Ramappa Temple, and the exercise is expected to extend to all districts.
What to watch next
- Completion of the demarcation and mapping of the 32 state-protected and three ASI-protected monument lands in the district.
- Progress on transferring monument lands from the Revenue and other departments to the Department of Heritage.
- Action taken on existing encroachments and pattas granted on protected monument lands.
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Named India · Ramappa Temple · Thousand Pillar Temple · Warangal Fort · Archaeological Survey of India · K. Arjun Rao · Revenue Department · Satya Sharada · Telangana Department of Heritage · Warangal district administration
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