New Delhi, July 3 -- Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism, Prahlad Singh Patel has announced that Ministry of Culture and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has decided to open all the centrally protected monuments by completely abiding safety protocols from July 6.

He said that only those monuments/ Museums which are in the non-containment zone will be open for visitors. All Centrally protected monuments and Sites shall be bound by the protocols like sanitization, social distancing and other health protocols issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Any specific orders of the State and/or District administrationshall also be strictly implemented, he added.

These monuments were close...