Between Law and Practice: Evaluating Heritage Conservation Policy Frameworks Against Urbanization Pressures in Post-Bifurcation Andhra Pradesh

Dr. Ranjith Kumar Varre

doi:10.71097/IJAIDR.v16.i2.1749

Between Law and Practice: Evaluating Heritage Conservation Policy Frameworks Against Urbanization Pressures in Post-Bifurcation Andhra Pradesh

Author(s)	Dr. Ranjith Kumar Varre
Country	India
Abstract	Recent institutional realities caused by the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014 built up the pressure of urbanization on heritage sites and changed conservation governance frameworks at the same time. The paper is a systematic policy review of the heritage conservation policies in the post-bifurcation Andhra Pradesh and examines the structural gap in the legislative requirements vis-a-vis the reality conditions of the 139 centrally protected monuments (CPMs) and 340 state-protected sites. Based on the documentary analysis of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act (1958, amended 2010), AP Cultural Heritage Authority Act (2014), Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports, and comparison of state-level data of the HRIDAY scheme, the study concludes that the conservation policy framework in AP has structural sufficiency and functional fragmentation, chronically under-resourced, and institutionally siloed. The main results are that one-third of all centrally protected monuments by AP have recorded encroachments, seven out of nine years after the bifurcation, the Heritage Regulation Committee has met less frequently than they should have done, and that no twelve urban Local Planning Authorities operated GIS-based heritage monitoring. This research ends with a reform architecture that is focused on inter-departmental coordination, digital monitoring, improved heritage impact assessment processes, and fair mobilization of resources through the conservation institutional hierarchy.
Keywords	conservation policy, heritage, Andhra Pradesh, after the bifurcation, AMASR Act, urbanization, policy-practice gap, Heritage Regulation Committee, HRIDAY, impact assessment on heritage, archaeological monuments, governance fragmentation.
Published In	Volume 16, Issue 2, July-December 2025
Published On	2025-12-06
Cite This	Between Law and Practice: Evaluating Heritage Conservation Policy Frameworks Against Urbanization Pressures in Post-Bifurcation Andhra Pradesh - Dr. Ranjith Kumar Varre - IJAIDR Volume 16, Issue 2, July-December 2025. DOI 10.71097/IJAIDR.v16.i2.1749
DOI	https://doi.org/10.71097/IJAIDR.v16.i2.1749
Short DOI	https://doi.org/hbrns7

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