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प्रश्न
Give suggestions to protect our national heritage monuments.
उत्तर
The following are some of the measures we can take in order to protect our national heritage monuments:
- Trespassing should be prohibited and access to heritage sites must be closely monitored.
- Local administrative bodies in charge of their upkeep must be held accountable for their maintenance.
- Littering or damaging such sites should invite a hefty fine.
- Local residents must be involved in the preservation efforts.
- A periodic survey of their structural integrity should be undertaken and restoration should be scheduled as and when required.
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as they roam the streets
with a lost gaze as though
something they had thrown up
never returned to earth.
They shiver like December nights
in their dreamless sleep
on shop verandahs.
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