Can India solve the Taj Mahal problem?

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Can India solve the Taj Mahal problem?
By Emma Richards | 22 May, 2018 | 4 Shares


The Taj Mahal is India’s pride and joy but years of pollution has begun to stain its ivory white marble. Source: Shutterstock.

THE fight to protect the Taj Mahal and its iconic white façade from India’s overwhelming pollution is proving to be a mammoth task that may require outside help if the country wants to preserve its most recognizable landmark.

“If the Indian scientists and the (conservationists) can’t do the things, they should be able to contact foreign experts or conservationists, those who can come and they will be readily happy to help,” said lawyer MC Mehta, who has been fighting to save the Taj Mahal from pollution for three decades.

India’s Supreme Court has repeatedly slammed the government for not doing enough to stop the white marble from turning yellow and green as the 17th-century mausoleum weathers filthy air in the world’s eighth-most polluted city.

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