New Delhi: The Union
Culture Ministry on Sunday approved opening of it's over 3,000 Archeological 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.