A deserted Taj Mahal awaits visitors, and revival
The Hindu
The impact on livelihoods that depend on tourism is evident everywhere in COVID-19-struck Agra
The monument to love and its environs are deserted. Parking lots are empty; ticket counters are shut; State police personnel lounge around the closed gates to the Taj Mahal, fiddling with their masks or mobile phones with little else to do. Agra city is open now, but as you drive towards the Taj itself, the desolation is evident. Some shopkeepers stand outside the Meena Bazaar, complaining how they had been ruined, while the odd auto rickshaw brings the odd pilgrim to Hazrat Syed Jalal Shah Bukhari’s dargah just outside the Taj.More Related News