Taj Mahal witnesses rise in visitors

Monday, October 4, 2021

In Taj Mahal, the number of visitors has slowly increased from a trickle to more than 30,000 on Sunday. To the tourism sector of Agra, there were visible signs of relief and hope which had witnessed an unprecedented decline in numbers of tourists due to the Covid-19 pandemic for nearly two years.

Already, the city has been declared Covid-free as in the past two weeks there has been zero cases reported and all active cases have been discharged. At present, the only element to be anxious is an alarming rise in cases related to dengue which has taken a heavy toll in Agra, Mathura and Firozabad districts.

In this case, children have been the worst sufferers but Health Department officials have explained that the situation in general was under control. The Agra administration has taken stringent steps to provide quick medical care in different villages in and around.

In the meantime, when flights started from Agra to Lucknow on October 1st, tourism received a major boost. Now, flights are available for Bengaluru, Nagpur, and Ahmedabad, and those from Bhopal and Mumbai will soon begin, officials said.

A new terminal will be made shortly and an independent road access outside the Air Force area continues at a brisk pace. Former state Aridaman Singh and local MP and Union Minister S.P. Singh Baghel have requested Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to connect Agra with several other cities.

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