8 archaeological sites in Osmanabad to be part of Maharashtra revenue land records

Move comes after local politician encroached on a historical pool.

Eight protected archaeological sites at Ter in Maharashtra’s Osmanabad district have become part of the State’s revenue land records in a bid to preserve and conserve them. The move, which is a first in the State, comes after the incident in the same district where a yet another historical Mankavati kunda (pool) near the temple of godess Tuljabhavani was encroached by a local politician who made fake land documents by which he claimed the ownership of it. “I have given orders to file criminal case against the person. We cannot let individuals use historical monuments for personal profits. Directions have been given to make appropriate changes in land records as well,” said Kaustubh Divegaonkar, Collector, Osmanabad.