Comments on: India Announces Its First Solar City (In Order To Protect Taj Mahal)

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:44:00 +0000

Interesting to hear. Can only wonder what that’s like for the local residents.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 20:36:00 +0000

India really has cleaned up Agra in other ways.

Back in the ’90s the air was terrible due to numerous factories and power plants which have now been relocated away from the Taj. The air now is still dirty, but nothing like it once was.

One of the most impressive experiences I’ve had in the area was being in Dacha, Bangladesh the day before and on the day they banned 2-cycle engines. The change was remarkable. An instant improvement in air quality.

I have pictures shot a few days before that look like old time sepia prints. Pictures of the laborers unloading ships along the river look like something from a different century. And then it changed….

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:15:00 +0000

Interesting to hear.

By: Craig Allen

Craig Allen — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:53:00 +0000

I was in Agra in December. The banning of petrol powered vehicles is not in effect. You can catch a smoke belching auto richshaw to within less than 200m from the Taj. However I did come across the proud owner of the one and only electric auto-rickshaw that I saw in India.