New Delhi, July 25: Awaiting the CBI's interim probe report on controversial Rs 175 crore Taj heritage corridor project, the Supreme Court today asked a central technical committee to assess the damage potential of construction material swept away by monsoon to Taj Mahal at Agra. This order was passed by a bench comprising Justice M B Shah and Justice A R Lakshmanan after hearing court commissioner Krishan Mahajan's plea for inspection of the site by experts to assess the danger posed to the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort by the rubbles from the construction site of the corridor project washed away by rain water.
When central government counsel A D N Rao stated that the ministry of tourism and culture has on July 9 constituted a technical committee, the bench asked the expert body to "assess the damage likely to be caused by the construction work done by governmental agencies" at the project site.
The bench had on July 16 ordered a comprehensive probe into the alleged irregularities in the construction of the project without any statutory sanctions and had asked the agency to give a interim report by the next month end.

The bench said in view of the CBI probe ordered by the court earlier, no further orders were needed to be issued today.
Mahajan had stated that the rubbles lying on the river bed was hindering the flow of the river as well as diverting its course posing danger to the foundation of the 17th Century monument and alleged that neither Centre, state or the mission management board was taking any action to remove the same. Bureau Report