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Union Minister of Coal and Mines, G. Kishan Reddy, has urged Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to initiate enactment to region amerciable constructions adjacent the Warangal Fort, a protected monument nether the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). He sought their contiguous eviction successful a missive sent connected Tuesday.
In the letter, a transcript of which was shared with the media, Mr. Kishan Reddy noted that the Warangal Fort was built during the Kakatiya play successful a planned manner, with 7 fortification walls to support the superior from invasions.
The fort withstood attacks by the Delhi Sultans and the Hyderabad Nizams and continues to basal arsenic a awesome of the valour and spot of the Kakatiya rulers, helium said. But, during his caller visit, helium observed respective unauthorised constructions encroaching upon the fort area.
The ASI has issued notices aggregate times, reiterating that Warangal Fort is simply a protected monument and that encroachment and unauthorised operation connected its onshore are offences nether the law. Encroachers were directed to vacate the land, helium said.
Despite letters sent to the Warangal District Collector since 2022, nary effectual enactment has been taken to region the encroachments oregon safeguard the fort lands. Mr. Reddy besides pointed retired that the wood onshore wrong the country has been incorrectly recorded arsenic authorities onshore alternatively of ASI property.
He claimed that the ASI officials wrote to the District Collector successful October past twelvemonth requesting associated tract inspections. The fort is surrounded by some earthen and chromatic walls, and caller inspections revealed that portions of the earthen partition person been encroached upon for caller constructions.
Mr. Kishan Reddy noted that the fort is simply a fashionable tourer destination and that the Central authorities has precocious installed a sound-and-light amusement astatine the site. It has besides been taking steps to support the monument. Hence, helium urged the Chief Minister to enactment against the encroachers and widen afloat practice to the ASI for the extortion and preservation of the humanities monument.
