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  • Taj Mahal requested to pay Rs 1 crore assets tax to steer clear of getting ‘connected’

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    LUCKNOW: In a primary, the Municipal Company of Agra has issued a realize to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) asking it to pay assets tax value Rs 1.47 lakh and a water invoice value Rs 1.9 crore for the monument of affection, the enduring Taj Mahal.

    A length of 15 days has been given to ASI to pay the expenses, failing which the valuables (Taj Mahal) could be “connected.”

    Alternatively, the ASI claimed that the awareness issued through the Agra Municipal Company gave the look to be a ‘mistake’.

    The ASI superintending archaeologist for Agra circle, Dr Raj Kumar Patel showed the notices announcing that 3 notices have been gained through ASI so far– two for the Taj Mahal and one for the Agra Fortress. For the Taj Mahal, the awareness for water tax value Rs 1 crore and one for assets tax value Rs 1.47 lakh has been gained through the ASI. 

    Saying that monuments weren’t answerable for municipal taxes, Patel mentioned that the notices appeared to had been despatched through mistake and the ASI had reverted to Nagar Nigam Agra at the identical.

    “Assets tax isn’t acceptable on monuments. We also are now not susceptible to pay taxes for water as there’s no industrial use of it. Water is used to deal with greenery inside the premises. Notices associated with water and assets tax for the Taj Mahal had been gained for the primary time. It would had been despatched through mistake,” mentioned Patel.

    Considerably, over a century in the past, the Taj Mahal used to be declared a secure monument of nationwide significance in 1920. Since then, that is the primary time that such notices bearing on water tax and assets tax had been issued in opposition to it.

    The notices, gained through ASI officers just lately, have been issued through the tax fixation officer of Agra Municipal Company on November 25. 

    The Taj Mahal is a global heritage website online situated at the south financial institution of river Yamuna in Agra. Constructed between 1631 and 1648 through order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in reminiscence of his spouse Mumtaz Mahal, the 307-year-old monument, figuring a few of the seven wonders of the sector, attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors from each corner and nook of the globe once a year.

    The attention for the monetary 12 months 2021-22 and 2022-23 of Municipal Company reportedly has the point out of hobby of Rs 47943 incurred over the valuables tax of Rs 88784 in opposition to the Taj Mahal until March 31, 2022.

    The valuables tax of 2022-23 to the track of Rs 11098 has additionally been discussed within the realize. It has the breakup of overall assets tax of Rs 147826 pending in opposition to the Taj.

    Patel mentioned that assets tax or area tax used to be now not acceptable to monuments and the similar regulation used to be acceptable in UP as neatly. The Agra fortress, a UNESCO global heritage website online constructed through the Mughal emperor Akbar, used to be the principle place of abode of the emperors of the Mughal dynasty till 1638 when the capital used to be sifted to Delhi.

    This ancient monument has additionally gained a tax call for value Rs 5 crore, mentioned the ASI legitimate.

    In the meantime, civic government claimed that the awareness used to be served for assets and water tax pending in opposition to the price ticket window and home wing on the japanese gate of the Taj Mahal and now not the monument itself, Municipal commissioner Nikhil T Funde expressed lack of expertise.

    He claimed that he used to be now not acutely aware of this kind of tax-related notices issued in opposition to Taj Mahal and any motion could be initiated in that course at the foundation of the reaction gained from ASI. Assistant municipal commissioner and in-charge of the Tajganj zone, Sarita Singh, mentioned that the subject associated with notices issued for water and assets tax at the Taj Mahal used to be being investigated.

    A non-public corporate has been tasked to understand tax at the foundation of a Geographic Knowledge Survey (GIS), he added. 

    LUCKNOW: In a primary, the Municipal Company of Agra has issued a realize to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) asking it to pay assets tax value Rs 1.47 lakh and a water invoice value Rs 1.9 crore for the monument of affection, the enduring Taj Mahal.

    A length of 15 days has been given to ASI to pay the expenses, failing which the valuables (Taj Mahal) could be “connected.”

    Alternatively, the ASI claimed that the awareness issued through the Agra Municipal Company gave the look to be a ‘mistake’.

    The ASI superintending archaeologist for Agra circle, Dr Raj Kumar Patel showed the notices announcing that 3 notices have been gained through ASI so far– two for the Taj Mahal and one for the Agra Fortress. For the Taj Mahal, the awareness for water tax value Rs 1 crore and one for assets tax value Rs 1.47 lakh has been gained through the ASI. 

    Saying that monuments weren’t answerable for municipal taxes, Patel mentioned that the notices appeared to had been despatched through mistake and the ASI had reverted to Nagar Nigam Agra at the identical.

    “Assets tax isn’t acceptable on monuments. We also are now not susceptible to pay taxes for water as there’s no industrial use of it. Water is used to deal with greenery inside the premises. Notices associated with water and assets tax for the Taj Mahal had been gained for the primary time. It would had been despatched through mistake,” mentioned Patel.

    Considerably, over a century in the past, the Taj Mahal used to be declared a secure monument of nationwide significance in 1920. Since then, that is the primary time that such notices bearing on water tax and assets tax had been issued in opposition to it.

    The notices, gained through ASI officers just lately, have been issued through the tax fixation officer of Agra Municipal Company on November 25. 

    The Taj Mahal is a global heritage website online situated at the south financial institution of river Yamuna in Agra. Constructed between 1631 and 1648 through order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in reminiscence of his spouse Mumtaz Mahal, the 307-year-old monument, figuring a few of the seven wonders of the sector, attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors from each corner and nook of the globe once a year.

    The attention for the monetary 12 months 2021-22 and 2022-23 of Municipal Company reportedly has the point out of hobby of Rs 47943 incurred over the valuables tax of Rs 88784 in opposition to the Taj Mahal until March 31, 2022.

    The valuables tax of 2022-23 to the track of Rs 11098 has additionally been discussed within the realize. It has the breakup of overall assets tax of Rs 147826 pending in opposition to the Taj.

    Patel mentioned that assets tax or area tax used to be now not acceptable to monuments and the similar regulation used to be acceptable in UP as neatly. The Agra fortress, a UNESCO global heritage website online constructed through the Mughal emperor Akbar, used to be the principle place of abode of the emperors of the Mughal dynasty till 1638 when the capital used to be sifted to Delhi.

    This ancient monument has additionally gained a tax call for value Rs 5 crore, mentioned the ASI legitimate.

    In the meantime, civic government claimed that the awareness used to be served for assets and water tax pending in opposition to the price ticket window and home wing on the japanese gate of the Taj Mahal and now not the monument itself, Municipal commissioner Nikhil T Funde expressed lack of expertise.

    He claimed that he used to be now not acutely aware of this kind of tax-related notices issued in opposition to Taj Mahal and any motion could be initiated in that course at the foundation of the reaction gained from ASI. Assistant municipal commissioner and in-charge of the Tajganj zone, Sarita Singh, mentioned that the subject associated with notices issued for water and assets tax at the Taj Mahal used to be being investigated.

    A non-public corporate has been tasked to understand tax at the foundation of a Geographic Knowledge Survey (GIS), he added. 

  • Taj Mahal requested to pay Rs 1 crore water tax to keep away from getting ‘connected’

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    LUCKNOW: In a primary, the Municipal Company of Agra has issued a realize to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) asking it to pay belongings tax price Rs 1.47 lakh and a water invoice price Rs 1.9 crore for the monument of affection, the long-lasting Taj Mahal.

    A duration of 15 days has been given to ASI to pay the expenses, failing which the valuables (Taj Mahal) can be “connected.”

    Alternatively, the ASI claimed that the awareness issued by means of the Agra Municipal Company looked to be a ‘mistake’.

    The ASI superintending archaeologist for Agra circle, Dr Raj Kumar Patel showed the notices pronouncing that 3 notices had been won by means of ASI so far– two for the Taj Mahal and one for the Agra Citadel. For the Taj Mahal, the awareness for water tax price Rs 1 crore and one for belongings tax price Rs 1.47 lakh has been won by means of the ASI. 

    Saying that monuments weren’t accountable for municipal taxes, Patel mentioned that the notices looked as if it would were despatched by means of mistake and the ASI had reverted to Nagar Nigam Agra at the similar.

    “Assets tax isn’t acceptable on monuments. We also are now not at risk of pay taxes for water as there’s no industrial use of it. Water is used to handle greenery inside the premises. Notices associated with water and belongings tax for the Taj Mahal were won for the primary time. It will were despatched by means of mistake,” mentioned Patel.

    Considerably, over a century in the past, the Taj Mahal was once declared a secure monument of nationwide significance in 1920. Since then, that is the primary time that such notices relating water tax and belongings tax were issued in opposition to it.

    The notices, won by means of ASI officers lately, had been issued by means of the tax fixation officer of Agra Municipal Company on November 25. 

    The Taj Mahal is a global heritage website online situated at the south financial institution of river Yamuna in Agra. Constructed between 1631 and 1648 by means of order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in reminiscence of his spouse Mumtaz Mahal, the 307-year-old monument, figuring a number of the seven wonders of the arena, attracts thousands and thousands of holiday makers from each and every corner and nook of the globe yearly.

    The awareness for the monetary 12 months 2021-22 and 2022-23 of Municipal Company reportedly has the point out of pastime of Rs 47943 incurred over the valuables tax of Rs 88784 in opposition to the Taj Mahal until March 31, 2022.

    The valuables tax of 2022-23 to the track of Rs 11098 has additionally been discussed within the realize. It has the breakup of general belongings tax of Rs 147826 pending in opposition to the Taj.

    Patel mentioned that belongings tax or space tax was once now not acceptable to monuments and the similar regulation was once acceptable in UP as smartly. The Agra castle, a UNESCO international heritage website online constructed by means of the Mughal emperor Akbar, was once the primary place of abode of the emperors of the Mughal dynasty till 1638 when the capital was once sifted to Delhi.

    This ancient monument has additionally won a tax call for price Rs 5 crore, mentioned the ASI authentic.

    In the meantime, civic government claimed that the awareness was once served for belongings and water tax pending in opposition to the price ticket window and home wing on the jap gate of the Taj Mahal and now not the monument itself, Municipal commissioner Nikhil T Funde expressed lack of understanding.

    He claimed that he was once now not conscious about this type of tax-related notices issued in opposition to Taj Mahal and any motion can be initiated in that route at the foundation of the reaction won from ASI. Assistant municipal commissioner and in-charge of the Tajganj zone, Sarita Singh, mentioned that the topic associated with notices issued for water and belongings tax at the Taj Mahal was once being investigated.

    A non-public corporate has been tasked to understand tax at the foundation of a Geographic Knowledge Survey (GIS), he added. 

    LUCKNOW: In a primary, the Municipal Company of Agra has issued a realize to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) asking it to pay belongings tax price Rs 1.47 lakh and a water invoice price Rs 1.9 crore for the monument of affection, the long-lasting Taj Mahal.

    A duration of 15 days has been given to ASI to pay the expenses, failing which the valuables (Taj Mahal) can be “connected.”

    Alternatively, the ASI claimed that the awareness issued by means of the Agra Municipal Company looked to be a ‘mistake’.

    The ASI superintending archaeologist for Agra circle, Dr Raj Kumar Patel showed the notices pronouncing that 3 notices had been won by means of ASI so far– two for the Taj Mahal and one for the Agra Citadel. For the Taj Mahal, the awareness for water tax price Rs 1 crore and one for belongings tax price Rs 1.47 lakh has been won by means of the ASI. 

    Saying that monuments weren’t accountable for municipal taxes, Patel mentioned that the notices looked as if it would were despatched by means of mistake and the ASI had reverted to Nagar Nigam Agra at the similar.

    “Assets tax isn’t acceptable on monuments. We also are now not at risk of pay taxes for water as there’s no industrial use of it. Water is used to handle greenery inside the premises. Notices associated with water and belongings tax for the Taj Mahal were won for the primary time. It will were despatched by means of mistake,” mentioned Patel.

    Considerably, over a century in the past, the Taj Mahal was once declared a secure monument of nationwide significance in 1920. Since then, that is the primary time that such notices relating water tax and belongings tax were issued in opposition to it.

    The notices, won by means of ASI officers lately, had been issued by means of the tax fixation officer of Agra Municipal Company on November 25. 

    The Taj Mahal is a global heritage website online situated at the south financial institution of river Yamuna in Agra. Constructed between 1631 and 1648 by means of order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in reminiscence of his spouse Mumtaz Mahal, the 307-year-old monument, figuring a number of the seven wonders of the arena, attracts thousands and thousands of holiday makers from each and every corner and nook of the globe yearly.

    The awareness for the monetary 12 months 2021-22 and 2022-23 of Municipal Company reportedly has the point out of pastime of Rs 47943 incurred over the valuables tax of Rs 88784 in opposition to the Taj Mahal until March 31, 2022.

    The valuables tax of 2022-23 to the track of Rs 11098 has additionally been discussed within the realize. It has the breakup of general belongings tax of Rs 147826 pending in opposition to the Taj.

    Patel mentioned that belongings tax or space tax was once now not acceptable to monuments and the similar regulation was once acceptable in UP as smartly. The Agra castle, a UNESCO international heritage website online constructed by means of the Mughal emperor Akbar, was once the primary place of abode of the emperors of the Mughal dynasty till 1638 when the capital was once sifted to Delhi.

    This ancient monument has additionally won a tax call for price Rs 5 crore, mentioned the ASI authentic.

    In the meantime, civic government claimed that the awareness was once served for belongings and water tax pending in opposition to the price ticket window and home wing on the jap gate of the Taj Mahal and now not the monument itself, Municipal commissioner Nikhil T Funde expressed lack of understanding.

    He claimed that he was once now not conscious about this type of tax-related notices issued in opposition to Taj Mahal and any motion can be initiated in that route at the foundation of the reaction won from ASI. Assistant municipal commissioner and in-charge of the Tajganj zone, Sarita Singh, mentioned that the topic associated with notices issued for water and belongings tax at the Taj Mahal was once being investigated.

    A non-public corporate has been tasked to understand tax at the foundation of a Geographic Knowledge Survey (GIS), he added. 

  • Taj Mahal requested to pay belongings tax, water invoice to keep away from getting ‘connected’

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    LUCKNOW: In a primary, the Municipal Company of Agra has issued a understand to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) asking it to pay belongings tax price Rs 1.47 lakh and a water invoice price Rs 1.9 crore for the monument of affection, the long-lasting Taj Mahal.

    A duration of 15 days has been given to ASI to pay the expenses, failing which the valuables (Taj Mahal) could be “connected.”

    Alternatively, the ASI claimed that the attention issued by means of the Agra Municipal Company appeared to be a ‘mistake’.

    The ASI superintending archaeologist for Agra circle, Dr Raj Kumar Patel showed the notices announcing that 3 notices have been gained by means of ASI so far– two for the Taj Mahal and one for the Agra Citadel. For the Taj Mahal, the attention for water tax price Rs 1 crore and one for belongings tax price Rs 1.47 lakh has been gained by means of the ASI. 

    Announcing that monuments weren’t accountable for municipal taxes, Patel mentioned that the notices appeared to were despatched by means of mistake and the ASI had reverted to Nagar Nigam Agra at the similar.

    “Belongings tax isn’t appropriate on monuments. We also are now not at risk of pay taxes for water as there is not any industrial use of it. Water is used to care for greenery throughout the premises. Notices associated with water and belongings tax for the Taj Mahal were gained for the primary time. It would were despatched by means of mistake,” mentioned Patel.

    Considerably, over a century in the past, the Taj Mahal used to be declared a safe monument of nationwide significance in 1920. Since then, that is the primary time that such notices touching on water tax and belongings tax were issued in opposition to it.

    The notices, gained by means of ASI officers not too long ago, have been issued by means of the tax fixation officer of Agra Municipal Company on November 25. 

    The Taj Mahal is an international heritage web page positioned at the south financial institution of river Yamuna in Agra. Constructed between 1631 and 1648 by means of order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in reminiscence of his spouse Mumtaz Mahal, the 307-year-old monument, figuring a number of the seven wonders of the arena, attracts tens of millions of visitors from each and every corner and nook of the globe every year.

    The awareness for the monetary yr 2021-22 and 2022-23 of Municipal Company reportedly has the point out of pastime of Rs 47943 incurred over the valuables tax of Rs 88784 in opposition to the Taj Mahal until March 31, 2022.

    The valuables tax of 2022-23 to the song of Rs 11098 has additionally been discussed within the understand. It has the breakup of overall belongings tax of Rs 147826 pending in opposition to the Taj.

    Patel mentioned that belongings tax or area tax used to be now not appropriate to monuments and the similar legislation used to be appropriate in UP as neatly. The Agra fortress, a UNESCO international heritage web page constructed by means of the Mughal emperor Akbar, used to be the principle place of abode of the emperors of the Mughal dynasty till 1638 when the capital used to be shifted to Delhi.

    This ancient monument has additionally gained a tax call for price Rs 5 crore, mentioned the ASI legit.

    In the meantime, civic government claimed that the attention used to be served for belongings and water tax pending in opposition to the price ticket window and home wing on the japanese gate of the Taj Mahal and now not the monument itself, Municipal commissioner Nikhil T Funde expressed lack of knowledge.

    He claimed that he used to be now not conscious about this sort of tax-related notices issued in opposition to the Taj Mahal and any motion could be initiated in that route at the foundation of the reaction gained from ASI. Assistant municipal commissioner and in-charge of the Tajganj zone, Sarita Singh, mentioned that the topic associated with notices issued for water and belongings tax at the Taj Mahal used to be being investigated.

    A non-public corporate has been tasked to grasp tax at the foundation of a Geographic Data Survey (GIS), he added. 

    LUCKNOW: In a primary, the Municipal Company of Agra has issued a understand to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) asking it to pay belongings tax price Rs 1.47 lakh and a water invoice price Rs 1.9 crore for the monument of affection, the long-lasting Taj Mahal.

    A duration of 15 days has been given to ASI to pay the expenses, failing which the valuables (Taj Mahal) could be “connected.”

    Alternatively, the ASI claimed that the attention issued by means of the Agra Municipal Company appeared to be a ‘mistake’.

    The ASI superintending archaeologist for Agra circle, Dr Raj Kumar Patel showed the notices announcing that 3 notices have been gained by means of ASI so far– two for the Taj Mahal and one for the Agra Citadel. For the Taj Mahal, the attention for water tax price Rs 1 crore and one for belongings tax price Rs 1.47 lakh has been gained by means of the ASI. 

    Announcing that monuments weren’t accountable for municipal taxes, Patel mentioned that the notices appeared to were despatched by means of mistake and the ASI had reverted to Nagar Nigam Agra at the similar.

    “Belongings tax isn’t appropriate on monuments. We also are now not at risk of pay taxes for water as there is not any industrial use of it. Water is used to care for greenery throughout the premises. Notices associated with water and belongings tax for the Taj Mahal were gained for the primary time. It would were despatched by means of mistake,” mentioned Patel.

    Considerably, over a century in the past, the Taj Mahal used to be declared a safe monument of nationwide significance in 1920. Since then, that is the primary time that such notices touching on water tax and belongings tax were issued in opposition to it.

    The notices, gained by means of ASI officers not too long ago, have been issued by means of the tax fixation officer of Agra Municipal Company on November 25. 

    The Taj Mahal is an international heritage web page positioned at the south financial institution of river Yamuna in Agra. Constructed between 1631 and 1648 by means of order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in reminiscence of his spouse Mumtaz Mahal, the 307-year-old monument, figuring a number of the seven wonders of the arena, attracts tens of millions of visitors from each and every corner and nook of the globe every year.

    The awareness for the monetary yr 2021-22 and 2022-23 of Municipal Company reportedly has the point out of pastime of Rs 47943 incurred over the valuables tax of Rs 88784 in opposition to the Taj Mahal until March 31, 2022.

    The valuables tax of 2022-23 to the song of Rs 11098 has additionally been discussed within the understand. It has the breakup of overall belongings tax of Rs 147826 pending in opposition to the Taj.

    Patel mentioned that belongings tax or area tax used to be now not appropriate to monuments and the similar legislation used to be appropriate in UP as neatly. The Agra fortress, a UNESCO international heritage web page constructed by means of the Mughal emperor Akbar, used to be the principle place of abode of the emperors of the Mughal dynasty till 1638 when the capital used to be shifted to Delhi.

    This ancient monument has additionally gained a tax call for price Rs 5 crore, mentioned the ASI legit.

    In the meantime, civic government claimed that the attention used to be served for belongings and water tax pending in opposition to the price ticket window and home wing on the japanese gate of the Taj Mahal and now not the monument itself, Municipal commissioner Nikhil T Funde expressed lack of knowledge.

    He claimed that he used to be now not conscious about this sort of tax-related notices issued in opposition to the Taj Mahal and any motion could be initiated in that route at the foundation of the reaction gained from ASI. Assistant municipal commissioner and in-charge of the Tajganj zone, Sarita Singh, mentioned that the topic associated with notices issued for water and belongings tax at the Taj Mahal used to be being investigated.

    A non-public corporate has been tasked to grasp tax at the foundation of a Geographic Data Survey (GIS), he added. 

  • Ideal Courtroom rejects PIL searching for to open Taj’s 22 rooms

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    NEW DELHI: The Ideal Courtroom on Friday junked a plea filed by way of a BJP chief searching for to open 22 rooms at the Taj Mahal premises to test the presence of Hindu idols, terming it ‘exposure hobby litigation’. 

    A bench of justices M R Shah and M M Sundresh refused to intervene with the Allahabad Prime Courtroom’s Would possibly 12 order brushing aside the plea filed by way of Rajnish Singh, the media in-charge of the BJP’s Ayodhya unit. Singh argued there is not any clinical proof to make stronger the speculation that Taj Mahal used to be constructed by way of Emperor Shahjahan. The petitioner additionally prayed {that a} fact-finding committee be set as much as learn about and post the monument’s ‘actual historical past. 

    Singh had sought a directive from the courtroom to the Archaeological Survey of India to open the locks of the higher and decrease a part of the monument and to take away the partitions that had been blocking off the rooms. 
    On the other hand, the top courtroom mentioned the problems weren’t judicially determinable.

    It additionally pulled up the petitioner’s attorney for submitting the Public Passion Litigation in a “informal” approach and mentioned it would no longer move an order below Article 226 within the subject. Singh then moved the Ideal Courtroom, which has now rejected the petition. 

    NEW DELHI: The Ideal Courtroom on Friday junked a plea filed by way of a BJP chief searching for to open 22 rooms at the Taj Mahal premises to test the presence of Hindu idols, terming it ‘exposure hobby litigation’. 

    A bench of justices M R Shah and M M Sundresh refused to intervene with the Allahabad Prime Courtroom’s Would possibly 12 order brushing aside the plea filed by way of Rajnish Singh, the media in-charge of the BJP’s Ayodhya unit. Singh argued there is not any clinical proof to make stronger the speculation that Taj Mahal used to be constructed by way of Emperor Shahjahan. The petitioner additionally prayed {that a} fact-finding committee be set as much as learn about and post the monument’s ‘actual historical past. 

    Singh had sought a directive from the courtroom to the Archaeological Survey of India to open the locks of the higher and decrease a part of the monument and to take away the partitions that had been blocking off the rooms. 
    On the other hand, the top courtroom mentioned the problems weren’t judicially determinable.

    It additionally pulled up the petitioner’s attorney for submitting the Public Passion Litigation in a “informal” approach and mentioned it would no longer move an order below Article 226 within the subject. Singh then moved the Ideal Courtroom, which has now rejected the petition. 

  • Agra | Town of stalled initiatives

    It was once supposed to be a grand undertaking, showcasing Mughal-era armour, apparel, tradition and comparable memorabilia. However take the purple sandstone-topped Shilpgram Street to the japanese gate of the Taj Mahal, previous the stone plaque bearing the legend ‘Mughal Museum’ and input the iron gate adjoining to it, and also you step right into a dream that has lengthy been deserted.

    The 3-storey construction at the 5.9-acre campus, 1,300 metres from the Taj’s japanese gate, has been mendacity unfinished for just about six years now. Greater than two dozen pricey cassette air-conditioners lie rusting within the open, reinforcing the sense of dystopia. The advanced was once to have a handicrafts marketplace, a seminar corridor and an artwork gallery. The corridor for the handicrafts marketplace is full of rainwater; trees have grown round it; the stones and tiles within the seminar corridor—now serving as a safe haven for stray canines—have come off in numerous puts.

    The deserted Mughal Museum-turned-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum; (Photograph: Maneesh Agnihotri)

    Presiding over this deserted panorama is a vivid yellow banner fluttering on the gate, saying the construction’s new identify—the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum. And moderately than documenting any Mughal splendour, the renamed construction will show the historical past of the Braj Mandal, the place Lord Krishna is assumed to were born and spent his youth and adolescent years.

    Ever because the BJP executive took rate within the state, the call for to switch the names of the roads, parks, monuments and so forth. in Agra has larger exponentially; some have already been renamed (see What’s in a Rename?). Former BJP MLA Jagan Prasad Garg has written to the manager minister in the hunt for the renaming of Agra to Agravan. On Would possibly 4, deputy leader minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, whilst examining the metro undertaking paintings, directed the officers to rechristen the Jama Masjid station Mankameshwar, at the advice of G.S. Dharmesh, the BJP MLA from Agra Cantt.

    The BJP executive has additionally renamed a lot of roads and parks to boost its political capital. The well-known Mughal Street in Kamla Nagar is now Maharaja Agrasen Street, since closing November. On January 6, simply sooner than the 2022 meeting election, the federal government issued an order to rename Teramauri, the 76-acre state park in Fatehpur Sikri, to Gokula Jat Park, to woo the Jat citizens. A life-size statue of Gokula Jat could also be being erected right here. (In Would possibly 1666, the peasant military of Gokula Jat confronted the Mughal military within the Struggle of Tilpat.)

    Essentially the most debatable, in fact, is the marketing campaign to rename the Taj. On August 31, Shobha Ram Rathore, the BJP councillor within the Agra Municipal Corpora­tion, proposed that the marble mausoleum be renamed Tejo Mahalaya. “There are lots of causes for it,” he says. “The monument was once named so through a international traveller. The prevailing identify is a distortion of Tejo Mahalaya. The phrase ‘Mahal’ isn’t asso­ciated with any cemetery on the planet.” On the other hand, the movement may now not be mentioned because of a conflict between the BJP and Bahujan Samaj Celebration councillors within the Area. “The proposal can be thought to be for dialogue within the subsequent sitting of the Area,” says mayor Naveen Jain, regardless that he admits that renaming the Taj Mahal is outdoor the jurisdiction of the company. Rathore is intent on pushing his proposal once more.

    “The BJP executive,” says Ramji Lal Suman, former nationwide common secretary of the Samajwadi Celebration (SP), “is concentrated on the Mughal-era monuments. The federal government has now not executed any construction paintings right here prior to now 5 years. It has most effective modified the names of roads, parks and monuments.” For a town that was once as soon as the capital of the Mughal empire, and is house to 3 Unesco Global Heritage Websites—the Taj Mahal (which by myself attracts round 8 million guests once a year), the Agra Fortress and the Fatehpur Sikri—the renaming spree is not anything however an undisguised try to rewrite historical past. “As a substitute of giving precedence to the works of public passion,” says Shiromani Singh, the one Congress councillor within the company, “the company has modified the id of greater than 50 roads and crossings in Agra prior to now 5 years through renaming them, however the state of affairs has nonetheless now not modified.”

    The incomplete IT Park at Shastripuram; a statue of Maharana Pratap ready to be unveiled; (Photograph: Maneesh Agnihotri)

    And not anything symbolises it higher than the destiny of the Mughal Museum-turned-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum. It was once the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP executive that had began the development of the state of the art undertaking—additionally touted because the state’s largest—in January 2016 on Energy Area land. The time limit for the Rs 141-crore undertaking was once December 2017. Development paintings picked up tempo within the first yr when the primary construction was once constructed with Rs 99 crore. However then only a yr later, the management in Uttar Pradesh modified, with the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP executive taking rate in March 2017.

    Later, a denial of budget resulted in building coming to a standstill. In September 2020, the federal government renamed the museum in honour of Chhatrapati Shivaji. On the other hand, as an engineer concerned within the building, says, “The identify was once modified, however the price range for its building was once now not launched. On account of this, the builder, Tata Tasks, hand over the paintings. On the other hand, throughout this era, the fee has escalated to Rs 186 crore.” Deepak Dan, president of the Vacationer Information Welfare Affiliation in Agra, says that they anticipated a quicker crowning glory of the development paintings after the renaming, but it surely didn’t even resume.

    The Yogi executive, which returned to energy in March 2022, is now mooting a public-private partnership fashion for the museum. Prior to that, on the other hand, the undertaking can be redesigned. Dilip Singh, the undertaking supervisor of the Rajkiya Nirman Nigam, the chief frame for museum building, says, “We now have despatched a letter to the federal government informing it concerning the standing of the undertaking. The development will get started as quickly because the price range is won.”

    No longer everybody in Agra, regardless that, is pleased with the renaming schedule. “The Taj Mahal,” says Rajiv Saxena, vice-president of the Tourism Guild of Agra, “is likely one of the wonders of the sector. It’s shameful to do politics within the identify of a monument monitored through the Best Courtroom and Unesco. That is tarnishing India’s symbol.” Okay.C. Jain, Best Courtroom suggest and secretary of the Agra Building Basis, concurs: “Prior to now 5 years, the federal government has now not authorized a unmarried new lodge within the town, while unprovoked disputes are being created over the Taj Mahal. That is including to the disaster within the tourism business.”

    Many construction plans have certainly been placing hearth. Amongst those is the rubber test dam undertaking to preserve the Taj. Leader Minister Yogi had in 2017 introduced the development of a barrage downstream of the Yamuna, 1.5 km from the monument. An respectable of the irrigation division, who didn’t wish to be recognized, says, “For a very long time, the undertaking swung between the barrage and the rubber dam sooner than the federal government agreed to the latter.” A sum of Rs 413 crore was once estimated to be spent at the 344-metre-long dam to be inbuilt Nagla Paima village. The federal government earmarked Rs 50 crore for it within the 2018-19 price range, adopted through Rs 6 crore the following yr, and Rs 100 crore in 2020-21. So, Rs 156 crore has lapsed because the paintings couldn’t get started. Within the present monetary yr, the federal government has made a provision of Rs 20 crore for the dam. Consistent with Tarun Sharma, an assistant professor of historical past on the Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar College in Agra, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has stipulated the water stage be 148 metres within the Yamuna at the back of the Taj Mahal. This is able to make certain that its basis continues to get moisture, which is vital for the monument’s coverage. However the building is dogged through consistent lengthen, baffling conservationists.

    Based on an RTI question through environmental activist Debashish Bhattacharya, the irrigation division on August 26 answered that they’ve permission to construct the dam from the Inland Waterways Authority of India, the Central Water Fee, the ASI and the Nationwide Environmental Engineering Analysis Institute. Previous in April, the Taj Trapezium Zone Authority—mandated to give protection to the monument—had consented to the dam. On the other hand, the State Surroundings Affect Evaluate Authority has now not but studied the undertaking. That is additional delaying permissions from the Union setting ministry and the Nationwide Challenge for Blank Ganga. Upper training Minister and Agra Southern MLA Yogendra Upadhyay says, “The development paintings will get started quickly. Efforts were intensified to get NOC from all departments.” He has additionally asked the manager minister to take away the stumbling blocks within the building of more than a few different initiatives. Till that occurs construction will stay hostage to political crucial.

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  • Pull stunning photos of UP’s heritage, Yogi govt will give award, initiative of UP Archaeological Division

    Lucknow: In case you are a certified images knowledgeable and feature a keenness for photographing archaeological websites and heritage websites, then this excellent information is for you. A images pageant has been arranged via the Division of Archeology and Tradition of UP to commemorate the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi. On this, award has additionally been introduced via the Yogi govt for individuals who took the most productive photos of the heritage of cultural significance of Uttar Pradesh. Closing date is fifteenth August.

    Details about this has been given via the Director, Uttar Pradesh State Archeology Division. It’s been informed that this pageant is being arranged for folks of all age teams. On this, handiest pictures of heritage secure via the Uttar Pradesh State Archaeological Division will likely be legitimate. Images need to be taken from 4 angles of a monument. Additionally, the answer of the images must no longer be not up to 600 dpi. With the exception of this, there must no longer be any watermark and title written at the pictures. The copyright of the dep. will likely be on the entire decided on pictures.

    The contestants who come first, 2nd and 3rd via taking the most productive photos will likely be given a prize of Rs 10 thousand, 7 thousand and 5 thousand respectively from the Yogi govt. With the exception of this, two comfort prizes of Rs. 2 thousand each and every can also be given. Different contributors additionally needn’t be disillusioned. Participation certificates will likely be given via the federal government to the contributors who don’t come to anywhere.

    Extra details about this images contest will also be received via WhatsApp on 9648128227. Images for the contest should be despatched to the mail of [email protected] sooner than fifteenth August.

  • Agra Information: A tweet by way of 10-year-old Lisipriya got rid of the stain of Taj Mahal, then reached Agra to look

    Agra: Atmosphere activist Lisipriya, who got here into the limelight by way of revealing the reality at the back of the plastic air pollution at the back of the Taj Mahal, as soon as once more reached the Taj Mahal on Saturday and expressed happiness after seeing the cleanliness at Dussehra Ghat and took pictures with the poster to make other folks conscious.

    Allow us to let you know that on June 21, a ten-year-old environmental activist from Manipur, Lisipriya tweeted a photograph of a plastic pile mendacity at the back of the Taj Mahal. This tweet forced the Agra District Management and the Municipal Company to release a marketing campaign in opposition to plastic along side cleansing up the plastic air pollution at the back of the Taj Mahal. After this tweet, everybody praised the paintings of environmental activist Lisipriya, whilst many of us praised her because the courageous woman who uncovered the stain of the Taj.

    Considerably, after the dialogue of Lisipriya’s tweet within the nation and out of the country, Agra Municipal Company has began ‘Mera Plastic, Meri Accountability’ marketing campaign in opposition to plastic from 29 June to a few November.

    On Saturday, global environmental activist Lisipriya Kangujam once more reached the Dussehra Ghat positioned at the back of the Taj. Right here this time the scene was once utterly modified, seeing which Lisipriya seemed more than pleased. He mentioned that it’s our accountability to stay the sector heritage blank. He mentioned that it must glance so blank at the back of the Taj, no longer for nowadays, however endlessly.

    He as soon as once more posed for a photograph with a poster in his hand. This time too the poster learn ‘At the back of the Great thing about Taj Mahal is Plastic Air pollution’, on this poster there’s a move mark at the plastic air pollution.

    Lisipriya mentioned in a dialog with the media that the Taj Mahal has been wiped clean and I’m satisfied to look it. All monuments together with the Taj Mahal are public assets. Similar to we will be able to’t muddle the home. In a similar fashion, monuments must even be stored blank. There’s a wish to do away with plastic air pollution all over and it is vital for everybody to remember.
    Document – Anil Sharma

  • Agra Information: Exhibition of beauties within the town of affection, industry of prostitution within the guise of salon!

    Agra: The industry of sexual sex is happening beneath the guise of salons and spa facilities on Fatehabad Highway of Tajganj space. A video of it went viral on social media on Tuesday. On this video, the operator is observed appearing the women separately to the purchasers. This video is being instructed of a salon in Tajganj space. After the video went viral, there was a stir a number of the spa middle and salon operators.

    1000’s of visitors seek advice from the Taj Mahal and different historic structures on a daily basis in Agra, which is known as town of affection. Within the guise of offering amenities to the vacationers, boulevard trades are being performed. In line with the area people, there are greater than a dozen spa facilities within the Tajganj space which can be running illegally. A couple of months again, spa facilities had been raided at the data of LIU (Native Intelligence Unit). During which many ladies and shoppers had been detained beneath suspicious instances. The spa facilities had been closed after this motion. However as soon as once more they’ve change into lively and the function of native police at the back of all that is stated to be suspicious. Alternatively, after the fireplace on the spa middle in Noida, the native police had close down all of the spa facilities working within the basement.

    Spa facilities run on hire from 70 to at least one lakh rupees
    There are about two dozen unlawful spa facilities running in Thana Tajganj and Sadar space. Those spa facilities are most commonly run within the basement. Whose hire is given from 70 thousand to at least one lakh rupees per thirty days. Whilst many spa facilities have opened in Tajganj even within the streets. It’s reported that women are known as on contract from out of doors in spa facilities. That are offered to the purchasers during the catwalk.

    On call for provider
    Resources disclose that preparations also are made in motels to supply amenities to the vacationers coming from out of the country. On call for beauties are known as. In conjunction with the native police, white collars additionally lend a hand on this rug industry. There were a number of raids on spa facilities in Agra. The place ladies and shoppers had been detained in suspicious situation.

    what the police have to mention
    On this subject, once we talked to the station in-charge of Tajganj, Bhupendra Singh Balian, he stated that he had reached the spot after the video went viral. They’ve that middle closed in the interim. Previous used to run a spa middle right here. This video is previous.

    Record – Sunil Saket

  • Ayodhya seer who referred to as for ‘harma sansad’ at Taj Mahal stopped from visiting monument

    By means of PTI

    AGRA: An Ayodhya-based seer, who had introduced to organise a ‘dharma sansad’ on the Taj Mahal to claim India a ‘Hindu Rashtra’, was once stopped from visiting the monument on Tuesday, police stated.

    The seer was once stopped on how you can the monument and was once taken to every other position within the outskirts of town, they stated.

    “We have now neither arrested nor taken him into custody. We did prevent him from shifting against the Taj Mahal, as a result of he had declared to organise spiritual job,” Superintendent of Police (Town) Vikas Kumar instructed PTI.

    The seer, who recognized himself as Jagadguru Paramhansacharya from Tapasvini Chhavni Peethadhiswar, had additionally stated that he would set up an idol of Lord Shiva within the Taj Mahal premises, claiming that the monument was once a Shiva temple.

    After being denied access to the Taj Mahal on Tuesday, a purported video of the seer surfaced on social media during which he claimed that he would now not consume and drink till he’s allowed to discuss with Taj Mahal.

    It’s to be discussed {that a} purported video of the seer went viral on April 30 during which he had claimed, “I used to be denied access to the Taj Mahal as a result of the saffron garments on April 27. After that there was once a protest after which the ASI officers apologised and invited me to discuss with once more. I can discuss with the Taj Mahal on Would possibly 5 and set up the idol of Lord Shiva there. I might additionally organise a ‘Sanatani Dharam Sansad’ and claim India as ‘Hindu Rashtra’.”

    Then again, the seer reached Agra on Tuesday as an alternative of Would possibly 5.

    He got here to town in a chariot and was once stopped on Fatehabad street on how you can Taj Mahal via the Agra police, officers stated.

    In his newest video, the seer stated, “At the invitation of the ASI, I came visiting Tejo Mahalay which is an excessively historic Lord Shiva temple. However on how you can the Taj Mahal, I used to be stopped via the Agra management. After that they saved me within the visitor space on the Keetham lake in Agra town. I claim that I can now not consume anything else or drink anything else till the management permits me to discuss with Taj Mahal.”

  • Guy booked for developing disturbance in Taj Mahal on final day of 367 ‘Urs’ of Shah Jahan

    By way of PTI

    AGRA: A 19-year-old guy was once booked on Tuesday for allegedly developing disturbance throughout a ‘chadar’ providing ritual at the final day of the 367 ‘Urs’ of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan at his grave within the Taj Mahal, police mentioned.

    A senior ASI authentic claimed that two youths have been suspected to have raised pro-Pakistan slogans throughout the ‘chadarposhi’ within the night and one among them was once thrashed through the guests on the major mausoleum.

    The authentic mentioned the opposite guy fled from the spot however the locals have been in a position to spot him.

    Tajganj Police Station SHO Bhupendra Baliyan informed PTI, “The early life was once known as Suhail (19), a resident of Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

    He was once passed over through the CISF to to the Tajganj police for developing disturbance throughout the ‘chadarposhi’ on the Taj Mahal.”

    Suhail was once booked beneath phase 151 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and despatched for clinical exam, the SHO mentioned, including that he additionally sustained some accidents.

    A 1,381 m-long ‘chadar’ was once introduced at the final day of ‘Urs’ of Shah Jahan.