Goemkarponn Desk
PANAJI: All protected monuments/sites and museums under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which were closed due to the COVID-19 situation, shall reopen from June 16, an order of the ASI said today.
“Considering the prevailing situation, it has been decided that all the Centrally Protected Monuments/ Sites and Museums (under ASI) shall be opened from 16.06.2021. This opening, however, shall be in strict compliance with the executive orders, if any, issued by the State/ District Disaster Management Authority,” the order said.
Appropriate guidelines and SOPs issued by Union and State/ UT Ministries/ Dept. in this regard shall be scrupulously followed while regulating the flow of visitors, the order added.
Amid the rise in the number of coronavirus cases, the Centre had announced that all monuments and museums under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will remain closed till 15 June.
