NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday came down heavily at the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for its failure to take appropriate steps to offer protection to and maintain of the long-lasting Taj Mahal.
The apex courtroom additionally expressed worry over Taj Mahal being infected by insects and asked the government, together with the ASI, what steps they have taken to prevent this.
"This situation would not have arisen if the ASI would have done its job. We are surprised with the way the ASI is defending itself. You (Centre) please consider if the ASI is needed there or not," a bench of Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta told Additional Solicitor General ANS Nadkarni, who used to be showing for the Centre.
Meanwhile, Nadkarni told the bench that the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) used to be considering the apex courtroom's recommendation to appoint world mavens to appear into the issue of coverage and preservation of Taj Mahal.
The counsel for ASI told the courtroom that the issue of insects used to be due to stagnation of water of river Yamuna.
In March this 12 months, the apex courtroom had asked Uttar Pradesh govt to put earlier than it a draft of imaginative and prescient record on coverage and preservation of the Taj and the surroundings in the Taj Trapezium Zone, which is a space of about 10,400 squarekm spread over the districts of Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, Hathras and Etah in Uttar Pradesh and Bharatpur in Rajasthan.
The best courtroom has been tracking tendencies in the space to offer protection to the monument, built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his spouse Mumtaz Mahal in 1631. The mausoleum is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The apex courtroom additionally expressed worry over Taj Mahal being infected by insects and asked the government, together with the ASI, what steps they have taken to prevent this.
"This situation would not have arisen if the ASI would have done its job. We are surprised with the way the ASI is defending itself. You (Centre) please consider if the ASI is needed there or not," a bench of Justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta told Additional Solicitor General ANS Nadkarni, who used to be showing for the Centre.
Meanwhile, Nadkarni told the bench that the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) used to be considering the apex courtroom's recommendation to appoint world mavens to appear into the issue of coverage and preservation of Taj Mahal.
The counsel for ASI told the courtroom that the issue of insects used to be due to stagnation of water of river Yamuna.
In March this 12 months, the apex courtroom had asked Uttar Pradesh govt to put earlier than it a draft of imaginative and prescient record on coverage and preservation of the Taj and the surroundings in the Taj Trapezium Zone, which is a space of about 10,400 squarekm spread over the districts of Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, Hathras and Etah in Uttar Pradesh and Bharatpur in Rajasthan.
The best courtroom has been tracking tendencies in the space to offer protection to the monument, built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his spouse Mumtaz Mahal in 1631. The mausoleum is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
SC pulls up ASI for failing to take steps to protect Taj Mahal
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