PRESS RELEASE July 12th 2010:
Dr. Atique R. Siddiquie, Superintending Archaeologist of Agra Circle visited the ASI protected monuments of Govind Dev and Yugal Kishor in Vrindavan.
He also inspected the location where the Half-circular bridge was being built near Kesi Ghat. A delegation of the Braj-Vrindavan Heritage Alliance comprised of Acharya Naresh Narain, Madhumangal Shukla, Ram Narain Brajwasi, Ravindra Kulshreshtha, Manmohan Pareekh and Jagannath Poddar met the Superintending Archaeologist at the Yugal Kishor Temple.
Dr. Atique R. Siddiquie
The delegation demanded that the ASI protected monuments should be properly taken care and no construction should be allowed around them as per the law. He asked them to report to him if anyone construct buildings around the protected monuments and he will take immediate action against it.
When people asked him if the ASI supports the construction of the bridge he replied in negative. The alliance members requested him to make a reply of the Right to Information letter sent to him one month back.
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