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SC orders CBI probe into Taj heritage corridor project
New Delhi, July 16: The Supreme Court today ordered a CBI probe into the controversial multi-crore Taj heritage corridor project of Uttar Pradesh government after it noticed major irregularities and illegalities and asked the agency to submit its investigation report within two months.
New Delhi, July 16: The Supreme Court today ordered a CBI probe into the controversial multi-crore Taj heritage corridor project of Uttar Pradesh government after it noticed major irregularities and illegalities and asked the agency to submit its investigation report within two months.
Rejecting the state government's plea to await the outcome of a probe ordered by it through the comptroller and auditor general, a bench comprising Justice M B Shah and Justice A R Lakshmanan asked the CBI to identify officials who gave green signal to the project without mandatory environment
and other statutory clearances.
Giving full credit to media reports exposing the scam, the bench took note of court commissioner Krishan Mahajan's report that largescale reclamation work of the Yamuna River bed, on which the 17th century Mughal monument Taj Mahal stands, was taken up without any survey or assessment regarding
impact of the project on the Taj.
Bureau Report