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collct information about effect of air pollution on taj mahal

Answer 1

To tell the truth Taj Mahal is slowly decaying due to air pollution. Dense smog created by human activities is slowly discoloring the marble and turning it to sickly yellowish-brown color.

Now the question rises who is to be blamed. There are several factors: heavy traffic, wood-burning crematoriums, smoke from neighbouring factories, and Agra’s growing population, the last of which demands more and more water. As the Yamuna River dries up, it risks sliding the Taj Mahal off its picturesque banks into a sea of mud.

The burning of Municipal Solid Waste in open results in thick toxic smog which is the main reason for the discoloration of Taj Mahal. These wastes should be properly deposited in landfalls which does not happen and the reason is bureaucratic incompetence.

The Supreme Court of India has ordered that all the wood burning crematoriums to be replaced by electric one. The UP Govt has banned the burning of cow dung which serves as cheap source of fuel but at the same time it produces brown carbon the same type which is turning the Taj Mahal into yellowish-brown color.

It is also a responsibility of every citizen of Agra, Delhi and its neighbouring states to see that activities which leds to producing of toxic smog should be stopped.

We need a bold and effective solution ASAP if we want our future generation to see the beautiful Taj Mahal in its former glory.

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Answer 2

The main causes of pollution are Iron foundries, Glass and Chemical industries within and around Agra. The major contributor to this effect was said to be the Mathura Oil Refinery fig4 which was commissioned in 1982. It is situated about 40km northwards from the Taj Mahal and is owned by the Indian Oil Corporation costing them Rs 253.92 crores to build the refinery 8. Sulphur dioxide is a major pollutant of refinery effluents, it is a toxic gas which in sunlight reacts with oxygen in the presence of water vapour forming acid rain which over long periods of times has been known to corrode marble and other building materials
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