RAKSHA MANTRI SAHAYATA KOSH
LOK SABHA
There has been
no request from the Ministry of Tourism and Culture to shift the
Army camp located in the Red Fort, Delhi. It is on the request
from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) that the Indian
Army has proposed to hand over to ASI, rampart and wall quarters
of the Red Fort, Delhi. Eight shops at Red Fort under control
of the Army, are also proposed to be handed over to ASI after
the unauthorized occupants of these shops are evicted.
This information
was given by the Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in a written
reply to Shri Sadashivrao Dadoba Mandlik and Shri CN Singh in
Lok Sabha today.
