All of the centrally protected monuments, museums and websites closed for round two months as a result of Covid pandemic will reopen on June 16
Agra: On the Taj Mahal, which is able to reopen for guests from Wednesday, solely 650 folks will probably be allowed to enter the premises at a time, officers mentioned on Tuesday. All of the centrally protected monuments, museums and websites closed for round two months as a result of Covid pandemic will reopen on June 16, an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) order issued on Monday mentioned.
Whereas 650 vacationers will probably be allowed contained in the Taj Mahal premises at one level of time in order that COVID-19 protocols are adopted, such restrictions won’t be in place for different monuments, District Justice of the Peace, Agra Prabhu N Singh mentioned. Superintending Archaeologist, ASI, Agra Circle, Vasant Kumar Swarnakar informed PTI that the monument premises will probably be sanitised 3 times in a day.
“Masks will probably be necessary for the vacationers. Thermal screening of vacationers can be completed at gates and they’d be sanitised earlier than coming into the monument premises,” he added.
“The guests won’t be allowed to the touch any object within the monument premises and so they must comply with social distancing norms,” mentioned Swarnakar.
“Tickets will solely be booked on-line and no ticket counter will probably be open,” he mentioned, whereas additionally advising vacationers to deliver their very own water bottles and carry sanitisers.
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