The Minister of State for Tourism and Culture, Prahlad Singh Patel, takes a review meeting of Adopt A Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan project

The Minister of State for Tourism and Culture (I/C), Prahlad Singh Patel, took a review meeting of the Adopt A Heritage: Apni Dharohar, Apni Pehchaan project in New Delhi. Secretary Tourism Yogendra Tripathi, DG Tourism Meenakshi Sharma, JS Culture Sanjukta Mudgal, ADG Tourism Rupinder Brar and representatives of Archaeological Survey of India were present in the meeting.

A detailed presentation was given about the present status and progress at various monuments. Patel laid emphasis on timely completion of the projects and asked the officials to review the amenities proposed under the MoUs in discussion with the nodal departments from time to time.

He said that the project is a well-conceived initiative and hoped that by leveraging CSR, this would help in providing the basic amenities such as cleanliness, safe drinking water, light and sounds in the lesser-known monuments.

The project, which runs under the  Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, is a collaborative effort by the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Culture, Archaeological Survey of India and State/ UTs Government. It aims to encourage companies from public sector, private sector, trusts, NGOs, individuals and other stakeholders to become Monument Mitras and take up the responsibility of developing and upgrading the basic and advanced tourist amenities at these sites as per their interest and viability in terms of a sustainable investment model under CSR.