AGRA: Scores of BJP activists, members of citizens groups and some NGOs today joined a protest march to oppose shifting of a centuries-old cremation ground located close to Taj Mahal here.
The protesters marched this morning to stall the process of shifting of Taj Ganj shamshan ghat.
"This march was a warning for the administration not to proceed with the shifting of the cremation ground otherwise there will be a bigger mass movement in days to come," said Purushuttam Khandelwal, pesident of Braj Prant, an RSS body.
The district administration is under pressure from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to implement the recommendation of Dr S Vardarajan Committee report which wanted shifting of the cremation ground because the pollution from the smoke of burning pyres was adversely affecting the
world-famous white marble monument.
