A High level Inter ministerial meeting was today held in New Delhi today to deliberate on various issues and actions to be taken on war footing to conserve The Taj Mahal. The meeting mainly focussed on action points needed to overcome Air and Water pollution in and around Taj Mahal. The meeting was chaired by The Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping & Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Shri Nitin Gadkari and attended by Minister for Environment Forest & Climate Change Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of State for Culture (I/C), Dr. Mahesh Sharma and Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Dr Satyapal Singh. The Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath also attended the meeting. DG, ASI, Commissioner Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ), members TTZ, DM Agra and other officers of the concerned ministries and district administration also took part in the meeting.
Nitin Gadkari informed that the Government respects the SC observations on Taj conservation and will take every possible steps to deal with Air and Water pollution in and around Taj Mahal.
To deal with air pollution, the Minister said that the use of bio fuel, green fuel and electric vehicles will be popularised in Agra.
Cleaning of the Yamuna falls under the Namami Ganga project since it is a tributary of the Ganga and several projects are already been taken up to make the river pollution free. He explained that 36 projects of Rs. 4000 Crores on the river Yamuna have been identified and it is hoped that the DPRs will be completed in next few months. Already 11 projects have started in Delhi on the river Yamuna and the tender for the 12th project will be finalised soon.
