Question

The Taj Mahal is under the threat of deterioration because pollution has damaged it
very much. Imagine that you are the leader of an awareness campaign who has
volunteered to create awareness among the common public regarding the maintenance
of cleanliness & hygiene around the monument.
Create 5 inspirational slogans and (keeping the COVID-19 guidelines in mind) for the
common public to make them aware about the precautions to be taken while visiting
the monument

Answer 1

Answer:

The Taj Mahal is under the threat of deterioration because pollution has damaged it

very much. Imagine that you are the leader of an awareness campaign who has

volunteered to create awareness among the common public regarding the maintenance

of cleanliness & hygiene around the monument.

Create 5 inspirational slogans and (keeping the COVID-19 guidelines in mind) for the

common public to make them aware about the precautions to be taken while visiting

the monument

Answer 2

Answer:

In a drastic statement, India's Supreme Court has presented the local government where the Taj Mahal is situated with an ultimatum, threatening either to demolish the iconic monument or to shut it down.

"Either we shut down the Taj, demolish it or you restore it," stated Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak to the Central and Uttar Pradesh governments on Wednesday.

The Taj Mahal, erected by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century, is one of the world's "seven wonders" and was built in Agra as a mausoleum for Shah Jahan's wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

The court was already in the middle of another similar hearing from May, prompted by environmentalist Mahesh Chander Mehta's petition, when it was raised that pollution was turning the monument's once pristine white marble facade green, brown, and yellow.

Since then, the court has begun implementing various preservation laws — the most recent being that non-locals are prohibited from offering prayers on the monument's premises — but officials have declared the case a "hopeless cause", rebuking the local government for its failure to devise a preservation plan swiftly enough.

Over the past three decades, the building has degraded largely due to particulate matter given off by industrial units in its vicinity, but also due to the Yamuna River, at the west side of which the Taj Mahal is situated.

Yamuna River also contains considerable waste and, as a result, now houses a breeding ground for insects — whose excrement corrodes the building's marble. In addition, household generators running on diesel and kerosene are also common in India and are thought to be another culprit in pollution levels.

The court also questioned the chairman of the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) — the 10,400 square kilometre region around the Taj Mahal — about why the court's ban on the expansion of industrial units in that area was contravened.