The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the city of Agra in Uttar Pradesh ds not qualify to be declared a world heritage city.
Solicitor General G E Vahanvati today told the court that in view of its unplanned growth, Agra did not qualify for the status of world heritage city and it also did not fulfill the conditions laid down by the world heritage Committee.
Bench comprising Justices S B Sinha, S H Kapadia and D K Jain directed the authorities including the Commissioner of Agra division, Vice Chairman of Agra Development Authority and senior officials of Archeological Survey of India (ASI) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to hold a meeting on September 2 to discuss the issue of allotment of land for barricading the area around Taj Mahal and also to shift the facilitation centre and the ticketing counter beyond 500 m of the monument.
The court also directed the authorities to place the details of discussion before this court so that appropriate directions may be issued for regulating the entry of visitors as well as to set a time frame for visiting the historical monument. There are about 225 heritage structures in Agra.
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