Lucknow, June 10 -- : Approval has been granted to issue the initial notification declaring 31 monuments and sites of archaeological significance in the state as protected.

They are located in the districts of Sitapur, Unnao, Hardoi, Barabanki, Kanpur Nagar, Rae Bareli, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Siddharthnagar, Maharajganj, Deoria, Jhansi, Jalaun, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Ghazipur, Varanasi, Agra, and Mainpuri, a spokesperson said.

The UP Archaeology Advisory Committee recommended declaring these sites protected.

Minister of state for tourism and culture Jaiveer Singh stated that the list includes Shiva temple and Kund at Navinagar (Sitapur), Parevajal mound (Sitapur), Mahe Pasi mound (Unnao), Nageshwar temple (Hardoi), Raja Kunwar Girdhari Singh...