Taj Mahal was adopted under the Clean India Campaign of Government on Tuesday. 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.
Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi who will arrive in Agra from Delhi in a bus today will inaugurate the Clean India campaign from the Taj Khema Hotel with the Taj Mahal in the backdrop.
A statement from Tourism Ministry read, "It is the crown jewel among the tourist destinations in India and naturally is a priority destination under the campaign Clean India program".
At the initiative of the tourism ministry, the ASI has agreed to the proposal of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for adopting five more monuments under the Clean India campaign.
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.
He said the Taj Ganj neighborhood close to the monument and the lanes and streets around the monument are maintained by the municipal corporation.
Besides the UNESCO World Heritage site, ONGC will clean will be Ellora & Elephanta Caves in Maharashtra, the Red Fort in Delhi, Golkonda Fort near Hyderabad, and Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu.
"The campaign is aimed at undertaking both sensitization and action at field level on bringing tourism destinations and their surroundings to an expectable level of cleanliness and hygiene," it said.
The campaign is being implemented with the involvement of private and public sector stakeholders.
(with inputs from IANS)
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