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Taj Mahal and Agra Fort to welcome tourists again from September 21

September 8, 2020, 5:11 PM

Radhika Dhawad | Agra

Taj Mahal, Agra Fort

Taj Mahal, Agra Fort

Superintending Archaeologist of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Dr Vasant Kumar Swarnkar, on September 7 informed that Taj Mahal and Agra Fort will re-open to public from September 21, as a part of Unlock-4.

The monuments were closed for tourists since March 17 ? days before nationwide lockdown was announced to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Agra District Magistrate and Collector Prabhu N Singh also took to twitter to announce reopening of the two monuments. TajMahal and Agra Fort to welcome tourists from 21st Sept₹20, his tweet read.

According to Dr Vasant, only 5000 (at Taj Mahal) and 2500 visitors (at Agra Fort) would be permitted in both monuments on a daily basis. As a precautionary measure, ticket counters would remain closed and electronic tickets would be provided to the visitors.

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All guidelines issued by the centre will have to be followed while visiting the mausoleum and the fort which includes social distancing and sanitising of hands. Masks are mandatory to enter the monuments and all tickets must be purchased online, he said in a statement.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

Published

4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

Published

4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.