ASI shuts monuments in Delhi, Patna, Kolkata, Chennai amid surge in Covid cases

Centrally protected monuments in the Archeological Survey of India's Delhi, Chennai, Trichy, Patna, Kolkata and Raiganj circles will be closed from Thursday onwards.

Due to the sudden rise in Covid cases, the Archeological Survey of India has decided to close all centrally protected monuments in its Delhi, Chennai, Trichy, Patna, Kolkata and Raiganj Circles from Thursday till coronavirus restrictions are lifted by the respective local administrations, officials said.

The Bengaluru, Hampi and Dharwad circles will remain closed only on weekends i.e. on January 8-9 and January 15-16. For the Kolkata and Raiganj circle, the closure is till January 15.