Due to rising number of corona positive cases, the Agra district administration has decided against any relaxation in lockdown which would continue till May 17.
The number of positive cases in Agra mounted to 700 last week despite the lockdown. The city of Taj has emerged as a worst affected zone in Uttar Pradesh. As reported, it was a shoe manufacturer Sumit Kapoor who had returned from Italy to Agra on March 2. He was the first confirmed case in Agra.The cases were in control but it was later that the members of the Tablighi Jamat who came in large numbers to Agra to hide from the authorities that the cases shot up.
Amidst all this, the Taj Mahal which is a tourist hotspot remains isolated. It was on Feb 25, that US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump posed here for pictures.
The Taj Mahal which is a world heritage site is usually bustling with tourists and hawkers. Here, the aerial view of the Taj shows how the air and the surroundings have cleared.