"It is the crown jewel among the tourist destinations in India and naturally is a priority destination under the campaign Clean India programme," the ministry said. Agra district authorities said that the minister will 1st visit Taj Mahal with the officials of ministry and then the Archaeological Survey of India(ASI) director general. then he inaugurate the Clean India campaign from Taj Khema Hotel with Taj Mahal in the backdrop. it is the decision.
Agra Municipal Commissioner D.K. Singh said at present the ASI looks after cleanliness inside the Taj Mahal complex and the roads leading to the monument are maintained by the Agra Development Authority. The ONGC has been taken the responsibility of clean up the area within and outside the 17th century marble mausoleum. District Magistrate Zuher Bin Sagir told IANS: "It's a very important programme for us and we have made elaborate preparations. Agra deserves higher standards of cleanliness."
He said that the Taj Ganj neighbourhood close to the monument and the lanes and streets around the monument are maintained by the municipal corporation at the initiative of the tourism ministry. The ASI has agreed to proposal of ONGC for adopting five more monuments under the Clean India campaign. The monuments that except the Taj Mahal are Ellora & Elephanta Caves in Maharashtra, the Red Fort in Delhi, Golkonda Fort near Hyderabad, and Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu etc.
The campaign is being implemented with involvement of both private and public sector stakeholders. "The campaign is aimed at undertaking both sensitisation and action at field level on bringing tourism destinations and their surroundings to an expectable level of cleanliness and hygiene," it said. The Clean India campaign is part of the central government's strategy for 12th Five Year Plan for improving the quality of services and the environ in and around tourist destinations across India.
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