Centre announces historical monuments, museums under ASI to remain closed till June 15 amid Covid-19 surge

Amid a spike in the number of COVID cases, the Centre on Sunday announced that all monuments and museums under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will remain closed till June 15. These include around 3,693 monuments and 50 museums.

"Due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, all the centrally protected



monuments/sites and museums under the Archaeological Survey of India shall continue to remain closed till 15 June 2021 or until further orders," the Union Ministry of Culture wrote on Twitter. 

Earlier, the ministry had kept sites and museums under the ASI closed till May 15. But later it was extended till May 30.