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New Delhi : Union Culture & Tourism (I/C) Minister Prahlad Singh Patel on June 7, 2020, announced that the Culture  Ministry has approved opening of 820 centrally protected monuments (CPMs) under the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) which have places of worship from June 8, 2020. Patel also said that all the protocols issued by the MHA and the Health ministry will be followed in these monuments.

The Culture Ministry, in its order, said that the ASI shall ensure that preventive measures as stipulated in the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) issued by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, on June 4, 2020, to contain the spread of COVID-19 at the religious places/places of worship  are effectively put in place and scrupulously followed while opening and managing these Centrally Protected Monuments. The ASI shall also further ensure that it follows all other directions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India in this regard, according to a PIB release.

Ministry of Culture also requested ASI to share the list of these 820 CPMs proposed to be opened on June 8, 2020, with respective States and the Districts concerned and that any state and/or district specific orders with regard to containment and prevention of spread of COVID- 19 are also comprehensively implemented.

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आज संस्कृति मंत्रालय ने भारतीय पुरातत्व सर्वेक्षण विभाग के संरक्षित ८२० सक्रिय गतिविधियों वाले स्मारकों को ८जून से खोलने की स्वीकृति दी है।गृह एवं स्वास्थ्य मंत्रालय के नि्र्देशो का पालन हो यही अपेक्षा है