By SK.Vyas
New Delhi/Jalandhar June 07, 2020: : The Union Culture Ministry on Sunday approved the opening of its over 3,000 Archaeological Survey of India monuments from June 8, Minister Prahlad Patel said.
He said all coronavirus-related protocols issued by the Union Health Ministry will be followed by the monument authorities.
The 3,691 Centrally-protected monuments and archaeological sites maintained by the ASI were shut from March 17 in view of the COVID-19 crisis.
Sources said that e-tickets and wearing masks might be made the norm at such sites for visitors.