Mehrauli Park to be restored

Delhi government has decided to restore the 'Mehrauli Archaeological Park' (MAP) at Mehrauli village in order to attract the tourists coming to Qutab Minar.
Spread over an area of 199 acres, the park is abutting the World Heritage site of Qutab Minar, with Quli Khan Tomb and its enclosure as its interface.
The Mehrauli Archaeological Park is dotted with 21 listed and several other non-listed monuments.
Out of these 21, six monuments-- Rajon-ki-Baoli, Tomb and a mosque in common complex, Jamali Kamali Mosque, Tomb of Jamali, Balban's Tomb belong to the Archaeological Survey of India, while 15 other listed monuments belong to the Department of Archaeology, Delhi government.

Survey and Documentation work in 11 monuments belonging to the department have been completed after which preliminary notification of 9 monuments have already been issued and 4 of them declared 'Protected' under the provisions of DAHMASAR Act, 2004.
Out of the 15 listed monuments, 8 are encroached and prayer (Namaz) is being offered in 3 of them which are mosques under the patronage Delhi Wakf Board.

The ownership of the land on which these monuments are situated belongs to Delhi Development Authority and they have been requested to remove encroachments.
Conservation work on one monument namely Quli Khan's Tomb is completed, and the work on 3 monuments--two Tomb's behind Mehrauli Bus Terminus and a 'Jharna' monument has started. Conservation work on rest of the monuments will be taken up in subsequent years in a phased manner.

Further, the area surrounding the monuments has been also cleaned.