Dirty Taj Mahal is symbol of India's progress

TitleDirty Taj Mahal is symbol of India's progress
Publication TypeWeb Article
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Type of MediumOpinion & News
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"It's good that the parliament shows its concern for the Taj and the ecological factors that threaten it, but so far the government has not bothered much to protect the environment and heritage sites like the Taj," said Mahesh Mehta, an environmental attorney working to preserve the elegant 17th-century structure. "It's clear that industry is being unfairly targeted," said Manish Agrawal, vice president of the National Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state. "The courts and the government should go after the drivers of trucks and gas-powered moped taxis. The thick smoke from diesel trucks and gas-powered rickshaws [moped taxis] are doing more to damage the Taj than the factories, most of which have already complied with pollution controls," he said.

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