NEW DELHI : The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the haphazard and unplanned growth in Agra coupled with polluting industries makes the city of the Taj Mahal unfit to be declared as a heritage city.
Despite historical monuments like Fatehpuri Sikri, Agra Fort, Taj Mahal and numerous historical sites, the city cannot be brought under the scope of a heritage city, Solicitor General G E Vahanvati told a bench comprising Justice S B Sinha, Justice S H Kapadia and Justice D K Jain.
Apprising the court of the centres view on the issue, the solicitor general said that apart from these mediaeval sites there was nothing outstanding in the city to declare it a heritage city.
Vahanvati said the Centre and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) had examined the courts concern following its December 20, 1996 order of developing Agra as heritage city.
The Uttar Pradesh government had also taken the stand that Agra lacks the criteria. The court wanted to know whether it was not possible to cover part of the city to declare it as a heritage city.
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