new delhi the exercise to bring lesser known monuments in delhi under government protection is gaining momentum following a memorandum of understanding between delhi governments department of archaeology and the delhi chapter of india national trust for art and cultural heritage intach work on the conservation of 19 structures will be taken up from next week these include the mini qutub minar in west delhis hastsal an unknown mughalera tomb on the delhi zoo premises and a late 18th or early 19th century temple in devat nagar in south delhisince the agreement to protect 92 monuments was signed in 2008 between the archaeology department and intach over 50 of them were notified in three phases the current fourth phase looks at 19 more all of them victims of neglect and encroachment being repaired conserved and maintained around and even inside many of these monuments people have constructed dwellings and sheds an official said identifying such violations and clearing the encroachments will be the primary focus of the preservation effort we expect it to be a difficult task as the local people are generally hostile in such circumstances a lodiera tomb in lado sarai for example is being used as a fodder store and another one in kaka nagar has been taken over by villagersamong the monuments newly listed for conservation is kharbuze ka gumbad in sadhna enclave it gets its name from its unusual monolithic chhatri which looks like a melon or kharbuza sliced in half it is closely associated with the life of kabiruddin auliya a pious person who died in 1349a mosque in mehrauli is also on the list it is not known who built this mosque but it is associated with hauzeshamsi a sacred place and is believed to have been excavated after prophet mohammad appeared in a vision to sultan iltutmish and instructed him to commence digging at that particular spot related an archaeology department officiala tomb in vasant vihar of similarly unknown origin is also on the list it has distinctive features such as small minarets on its parapet incised plaster and arched niches on two levels on the exterior all indicating it is a 16th century lodiera building two other structures in savitri nagar near sheikh sarai considered to be from the same era and a tomb near blind school on mathura road will also be conservedalso earmarked are a lodiera mosque in rk puram the tomb of mir taqi and a tomb constructed in 162627 by khan dauran khan khwaja sabir nursat jang a general of the mughal emperor jahangir the bagichi tomb and three other unknown tombs on the delhi golf club complex are also on the lista number of towers called burj mansur in ashok vihar will get government protection too the 19th century towers are actually the corner bastions of a garden an official explained we infer that they were built by safdarjung the wazir who founded wazirpur since his given name was abul mansuran official said that the joint