Question

What is the effect of Air Pollution on Taj Mahal.
What is the measures to prevent it.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

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.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

Due to an increase in air pollution by the industries in Agra, it has adversely affected the monument, Taj Mahal. Taj Mahal was at first clear white in color, however, due to industrial pollution and other activities, it has caused the color to fade. The color has faded due to the presence of carbon and dust in gases. It is the acid rain that is most dangerous for the monument. The inadvertent emission of sulfuric oxide, due to road traffic, causes acid rain. This rain colors the Taj Mahal yellow.

An area of 10,400 sq km around the Taj Mahal is defined to protect the monument from pollution. The Supreme Court of India in December, 1996, delivered a ruling banning use of coal/coke in industries located in the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) and switching over to natural gas or relocating them outside the TTZ.