Urdu-language signboards installed at centrally protected monuments in J&K: ASI

STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 22 (STC): Urdu-language signboards have been installed at the centrally protected monuments under its Srinagar Circle, says the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in response to a grievance lodged by an RTI. Reportedly an RTI activist, Syed Adil, from Ganderbal district in central Kashmir, through Centralised Public Grievance Redressal and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), has filed grievance about lack of Urdu language signboards at centrally protected monuments under its Srinagar Circle.
The Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) is an online platform available to the citizens 24×7 to lodge their grievances to the public authorities on any subject related to service delivery. It is a single portal connected to all the ministries/departments of the government of India and states.
The ASI has revealed that it has already included Urdu signage (cultural notice board) at the centrally protected monuments of its Srinagar circle.
“In fact, at many sites in Kashmir Valley, information in the form of cultural board are displayed in three languages (English, Hindi and Urdu) for people at large. Some of the texts are even provided since 2017,” Dr. Piyush Bhatt, Superintending Archaeologist said in response to the grievance.
Reports state that the Srinagar Circle of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) oversees 56 centrally protected monuments and sites across Jammu and Kashmir.
(Straight Talk Communications)