CulturePending
Support fort-conservation NGOs and recognise Durg Sevaks and Rakshaks
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Pendingmedium confidenceCulture
Establish a Fort Development Authority
Bharatiya Janata Party · Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024
Last updated 25 Oct 2026
What does this status mean?
The term is active and there is no evidence of action or reversal.
Status describes delivery. Confidence describes how strong the available evidence is.
Original manifesto wording
“Establish a Fort Development Authority to conserve and develop Maharashtra's historic forts.”
From the Bharatiya Janata Party manifestoView Manifestop.15
Our Assessment
An April 2026 review called for a report on the legal and administrative structure for fort conservation. Formal constitution of the promised statewide Fort Development Authority remains unverified. Existing fort committees, restoration works and separate Raigad/Pratapgad authorities do not establish the new statewide body.
The reasoning behind the verdict
Why this assessment?
Reviewed
01 · Delivery status
Why pending?
A study and institutional-design direction are documented, but no verified constituting order and operational statewide Fort Development Authority were established.
02 · Strength of evidence
Why medium confidence?
The Archaeology Directorate describes existing committees and conservation schemes. April reporting records further study of a proposed corporation or authority; it is not a constituting notification. Pre-election fort-specific bodies are distinguished from this pledge.
What would help us reassess?
The documents that could clarify delivery of this commitment.
- A gazette or government resolution constituting the statewide authority, its jurisdiction, appointments, budget and operational records.
Status describes delivery. Confidence describes the evidence.
Read our methodology ↗Sources & Evidence
news
29 April 2026 ministerial review — study directed on the proposed fort-conservation corporation or authority
mahaenews.com·29 Apr 2026
other
MumbaiVotes — BJP Assembly 2024 English compilation, PDF page 15 (third-party host)
mumbaivotes.com
manifesto
BJP Sankalp Patra 2024 — Culture and Tourism, item 1, original page 50
bjp.org·10 Nov 2024
manifesto
BJP Maharashtra 2024 official manifesto — page 15 (verified from supplied screenshot)
bjp.org·10 Nov 2024
news
Deccan Herald — BJP's 25 headline Assembly commitments (some figures contain typographical errors; checked against compilation)
deccanherald.com·10 Nov 2024
government
Directorate of Archaeology and Museums — existing fort-conservation committees and schemes; committees reconstituted in 2022
mahaarchaeology.in
Promise Timeline
10 Nov 2024
BJP released its Maharashtra Assembly 2024 manifesto. This party-origin commitment is catalogued separately from the joint Mahayuti guarantees.
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