Very soon visitors will not be able to touch the Taj Mahal anymore

Very soon visitors will not be able to touch the Taj Mahal anymore

Very soon, visitors will not be able to touch the Taj Mahal anymore. The Archaeological Survey of India is playing the villain, but for the better of India's most famous monument.

 It's very much possible that the next time you visit Taj Mahal, you may not be able to touch it. You may find the iconic mausoleum - symbolising Emperor Shah Jehan's love for Mumtaz - barricaded with steel barriers. That is what the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) plans to do to save the Taj Mahal from pollution.

 Pollution may be a nemesis for the beautiful Taj Mahal and its Makrana marble, for which the Archaeological Survey of India resorts to mud therapy from time to time, but there's another threat that has gone unnoticed for years - visitors touching the historical monument.