Entry in shifts, masks, social distancing: Taj Mahal reopens for tourists after six months

Guests have been requested to apply all pointers issued via the Centre akin to social distancing and hand sanitisation,

Greater than six months after it was once closed down for guests because of Covid-19, the Taj Mahal Monday after all opened its door for the vacationers once more.

Holding the continued pandemic in thoughts, the choice of guests according to day has been limited to 5000 via government. The vacationers also are allowed to be taken in two-shifts of two,500 every with the tickets being bought on-line or during the ASI telephone app handiest.

Talking to information company ANI, an professional from the Archeological Survey of India mentioned that as many as 500 vacationers visited the monument all the way through the primary shift on Monday.

All centrally secure monuments have been close down on March 17 earlier than the national lockdown got here into drive.

Guests have been additionally requested to apply all pointers issued via the Centre akin to social distancing and hand sanitisation and have been thermally screened earlier than they have been allowed to go into the premises.

Even if different ASI-protected monuments in Agra have been allowed to open from September 1, the Taj Mahal and Agra Citadel have been closed via the district administrations as they have been positioned as regards to containment zones.

All centrally secure monuments have been close down on March 17 earlier than the national lockdown got here into drive to keep an eye on the unfold of Covid-19. This was once the primary time after the Indo-Pak wars in 1965 and 1971 when the ivory-white marble mausoleum was once closed to the general public.

In step with ASI estimates, the Taj Mahal receives round 70-80 lakh guests every 12 months, together with numerous overseas vacationers who aren’t prone to come until common global flights resumes within the nation.

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