New Delhi, Feb 20: The monitoring committee appointed by the Supreme Court to suggest measures for protecting the historic Taj Mahal has sought restricted time
for visitors to the ancient monument.
The committee headed by Advocate Krishna Mahajan, who
was appointed amicus curiae by the apex court, wanted stay of
the visitors in and around the monument restricted for a few
hours as against the present practice of granting access
throughout the day.
Restricting the stay of visitors for a few hours would
reduce the huge queue of visitors thronging the site, the
committee said in its report placed before a bench of Justices
S B Sinha, D K Jain and S H Kapadia.
The bench while taking on record the committee's
report which had also suggested various other measures to
protect the Taj from environmental hazards, granted three
weeks time to Solicitor General G E Vahanvati appearing for
the Centre on the matter to file his reply.
The bench also asked the Uttar Pradesh government to
file its reply on the reported allegations of the committee
that about 2,051 trees in and around the historic site was
sought to be uprooted by the state government in the name of
redeveloping the area.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, February 20, 2007, 00:00