PANJIM, May 9 -- Team Herald

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Old Goa Sub-Circle, has directed the Goa Archbishop's House, Altinho, to immediately remove structures built within the protected area of the Centrally Protected Monument: Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa.

In its notice dated May 8, 2025, the ASI stated: "It is observed by the undersigned that the encroachment; construction in laterite stone which is within protected area from the Centrally Protected Monument: Basilica of Bom Jesus, Old Goa. The said monument and its premises are nationally importance and duly protected under the AMASR Act 1958 and 1959."

The notice cites Sections 19(1) and 19(2) of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958,...