Agra’s Taj Mahal reopened tourists on Monday after more than six months amid strict rules to determine the spread of coronavirus, NDTV reported. Agra Fort also passed visitors.
Vasant Kumar Swarnkar, superintendent archaeologist of the Archaeological Service of India, Agra Circle, said that the Center’s rules of protection on the pandemic, in addition to maintaining physical distance and disinfecting hands, should be followed when visiting the fort or mausoleum.
About 5,000 visitors will be able to enter the World Heritage site, Swarnkar said in a statement, adding that visiting hours have been divided into two slots: in the first part until 2 p. m. , 2500 visitors will be allowed and the rest after that, said In Agra Fort, 2500 tourists a day will be allowed, Swarnkar added.
“Masks are required to enter the monuments and all tickets must be purchased online,” he said. “The counters won’t be open. “
Officials said about 160 tickets had been booked for Monday’s reopening and that the first user to enter World Heritage sites is a Taiwanese tourist, the Hindustan Times reported.
They added that the mausoleum had not been ignored during the closure. “The lawns have been maintained for those six months and we are all in a position for the taj to reopen from September 21, from sunrise to sunset,” said AN Gupta, conservation assistant. , Archaeological Service of India at the Taj Mahal. “Everything would be subject to thermal control and they would get disinfectants. “
He said no more than five more people will be able to enter the main mausoleum at once. The mausoleum sells the bodies of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Heritage site in the background.
Additionally, the Central Industrial Security Force worker corps will monitor visitors with portable steel detectors, while complying with coronavirus guidelines, an ambulance kept at the gates of the Taj Mahal, said the conservation assistant.
“[The] ASI [Archaeological Survey of India] will have to stick to the Covid-19 protocol for everything to happen well,” said Rajiv Tiwari, president of the Federation of the Agra Travel Association. European nations have regained tourism. We have to live with the coronavirus. “
Tourism experts said they had not noticed that the monument remained closed for so long. “This is unprecedented,” said Arun Dang, former president of the Tourism Guild. “Although the monument was closed during World War II and also two wars with Pakistan in 1965 and 1971, the closure had not been so long.
Uttar Pradesh has reported 3,54275 cases of coronavirus, according to the knowledge of the Union’s Ministry of Health. The balance was 5,047, while the number of coronaviruses in India reached 54,87,581 on Monday, after the ministry reported an increase of 86961 cases. in 24 hours. Increase in tolls from 1130 to 87,882.