Over the years, the beautiful one of the Seven Wonders of the World the ‘Taj Mahal’ is losing out on its beauty due to certain reasons. Thus on the last Sunday, the Chief Minister of the state Akhilesh Yadav directed the officials of Public Works Department, Acheological Department, Pollution Control Board, district magistrate and Agra divisional commissioner to look for the reasons behind why the Taj Mahal is turning green slowly and gradually and also to sought solutions for the same.
After the orders, everyone started working towards finding out the problems and the solutions to them. Environmental activist DK Joshi said, “An invasion of the insect called Chironomus Calligraphus (Geoldichironomus) is turning the Taj Mahal green”. He added, “Fifty-two drains are pouring waste directly into the river and just behind the monument, Yamuna has become so stagnant that fish that earlier kept insect populations in check are dying. This allows pests to proliferate in the river.” And as the solution he said that there is only one to this problem, “Clean up the Yamuna”.
Apart from him, the ASI’s chemical department officer Manoj Bhatnagar said, “Pollution from the industries in Agra and a nearby oil refinery has seen the white marble yellowing over the years.” And as a solution he came up with ‘mud packs’ now you would be wondering what is it and how does it works? Well, to explain the same, he added, “A layer of fullers earth – a type of lime-rich clay – mixed with water is applied over the walls and left on for 24 hours or more to dry. Once it dries, the mud is removed and the surface is washed with distilled water to remove impurities.”
Let us tell you the last year India’s Supreme Court worrying about the degrading beauty of the monument ordered to remove the wood burning crematorium from near the Yamuna River and the Taj Mahal. For now, the Chief Minister Mr. Yadav has vowed and promised to the countrymen that his government is finding solutions to the problem of the Taj Mahal is turning green and will not let any damages to happen to the monument built in the 17th century by Shah Jahan in remembrance of his beloved wife.
