Andhra Pradesh’s three monuments have been designated as “Adarsh Smarak” in order to provide additional services.
Highlights:
According to the Adarsh Smarak scheme, three monuments in Andhra Pradesh have been identified to provide additional facilities and make them more suitable for tourists.
The monuments are as follows:
Nagarjunakonda Monuments
Salihundam Buddhist Remains
Lepakshi’s Veerabhadra Temple
About the Adarsh Smarak Scheme:
The Ministry of Culture launched the scheme in 2014 with the goal of improving visitor amenities at historical and archaeological monuments/sites.
It also aims to improve monument preservation.
The monuments on the list will have all of the tourist amenities required by international standards, such as wi-fi, signage, security, encroachment-free zones, interpretation centres, and so on.
The scheme’s objectives are as follows:
To make monuments more accessible to visitors.
To improve/provide restrooms, drinking water, signage, a cafeteria, and wi-fi access.
To provide interpretation services as well as audio-visual centres
To improve wastewater and garbage disposal, as well as to instal a rainwater harvesting system.
To make the monuments accessible to people with disabilities.
To carry out the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.