Let Us Protect our Monuments

KORAPUT: Ramarajya is back at Nandapur block headquarter in Koraputdistrict .Atleast the state government's attitude towards protectingthe protected heritage site here speaks this . Nandapur has to itscredit "The Batrish Singhasan" , one of the greatest monument ofyesteryears where the king was believed to have given justice likeVikramaditya ,the legendary ruler of Indian history . The monument isa throne with 32 steps giving the name of it . History speaks of greatjudgments delivered by the king sitting on top of it . The StateArchaeology Department has declared the monument as a protected siteunder the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act to protect it from anyinjury and destruction . But surprisingly with out a boardmentioning this message nailed on a tree in the campus to protect themonument nothing else including any appointed person for thepurpose could be seen at the site . Tourists visit the place basedon the advertisement of this famous monument and get disappointed,Rabi Satpathy , a lecturer in the local college said .The monumentlosing its shine with the neglect does not have anything todescribe its history . Tourists' interest gets unfulfilled and manyof them search for persons in the village who could explain them , hesaid . State Archaeology Department operates from its office atBehampur and visit the places of importance sometimes in the year ,K.C.Nishanko , District Culture Officer of Koraput said.(EOM)