(a) whether the Government is aware of the problem of the visitors of Taj Mahal who plan to see it at night but have to buy physical tickets from the office of the ASI one day ahead of their day of visit;
(b) if so, the action plan if any, for making the ticket for night viewing available online on the same day; and
(c) the total number of year-wise visitors who visited Taj Mahal to see it at night and the amount collected from such visitors?
THE MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
(SHRI G.KISHAN REDDY)
(a)&(b) Archaeological Survey of India has been issuing tickets from its office at Agra, 24 hours in advance as per the directions dated 25.11.2004 by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in WP (Civil) No. 13381/1984 by M.C. Mehta vs Union of India.
(c) The total number of year-wise visitors who visited Taj Mahal for night viewing and the amount collected from them is at Annexure.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3397 FOR 9.8.2021
NUMBER OF VISITORS AND AMOUNT OF ENTRY FEE COLLECTED (YEAR-WISE) FOR NIGHT VIEWING OF TAJ MAHAL
Sl. No. Number of visitors Total Number of Visitors Total Amount
(Rs.)
Year Indian Foreigner Children
1 Nov. 2004-2005 1651 1289 279 3219 1948260
2 2005-2006 1043 1201 204 2448 1534680
3 2006-2007 1011 1195 149 2355 1484860
4 2007-2008 1414 1788 268 3470 2191060
5 2008-2009 1220 1322 169 2711 1698200
6 2009-2010 1575 1903 308 3786 2380722
7 2010-2011 1818 1966 362 4146 2592688
8 2011-2012 2763 2803 378 5944 3700380
9 2012-2013 4687 3270 914 8871 5299870
10 2013-2014 4483 2855 776 8114 4815580
11 2014-2015 4976 1595 712 7283 4684790
12 2015-2016 7509 2454 1299 11262 6337950
13 2016-2017 5274 2071 720 8065 4602990
14 2017-2018 6639 2645 927 10211 5833140
15 2018-2019 5889 2561 997 9447 5422640
16 2019-2020 6813 1991 862 9666 5398880
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