1996: The Indian Supreme Court orders major industries located near the Taj Mahal to install pollution control devices. Action was taken when the Taj Mahal became discolored from airborne pollutants (Architecture Week, 2007).
Reference: Architecture Week. 2007. http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0509/culture_2-2.html
Image Description: Taj Mahal and the Yamuna river, Agra. Photo by Airunp, 2005Aug. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Taj_Majal_y_rio_Yamuna.JPG Image Permission: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution-ShareAlike 2.1 Spain” Licence.
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