Bhubaneswar: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will take up the conservation work of three more heritage sites in Odisha.
In a letter to Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday, Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture, Mahesh Sharma, said that the ASI has been directed by the Ministry to take up the conservation work of the Bhringeswar Siva Temple at Bajrakot in Angul district, the Kanakeswar Siva Temple at Jualo in Dhenkanal district and an old fort at Haipurgarh in Mayurbhanj district.
Dharmendra had earlier requested Sharma to direct the ASI to take up the conservation of these three heritage sites in the state.