Govt. serious note on SC recommendations for Taj conservation
Tuesday - July 17, 2018 1:19 pm ,
Category : INDIA
July 17 (WTN) Union Government will take every possible step to deal with Air and Water pollution in and around Taj Mahal. After a high level Inter ministerial meeting held in New Delhi on Monday, Union minister Nitin Gadkari told that the Government respects the Supreme Court observations on Taj conservation against pollution around Taj Mahal. “We are forming a committee to look into industrial pollution affecting the Taj Mahal under the Chairpersonship of Secretary, M/o Environment, Forest and Climate Change, C. K. Mishra including experts from NEERI, IITs and experts from various organizations to look into the issue of industrial pollution. The committee will study on case to case basis and take a tough stand on hazardous industries in the vicinity of the Taj Mahal” He added.
Government has taken a serious note on the Supreme Court observations and will file an affidavit in the Supreme Court putting forward all the steps and actions taken up by the Government to conserve Taj Mahal.
He also said that to deal with air pollution that the use of bio fuel, green fuel and electric vehicles will be popularised in Agra. An ethanol policy will be introduced for Agra which will include conversion of bio mass to ethanol during the crop burning season and use of ethanol auto rickshaws combined with introduction of mass rapid transport system as a part of policy of zero tolerance to pollution.
The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath said that the State Government takes the observations made by the Supreme Court very seriously and is fully committed to work closely with the central government as well as other organization to find the solution to the problem of pollution in and around the Taj. Construction of rubber dam in the downstream of Yamuna and STPs on the Yamuna in Mathura, Vrindavan and Agra are being taken up.
