Several years after the local bodies submitted detailed status reports to the Supreme Court, the demand for heritage city status still eludes Agra.The Agra Development Authority (ADA) engaged the Delhi School of Architecture and Town Planning .
Already in deep crisis, the latest order of the Supreme Court banning commercial activities within 500 metres of the Taj Mahal, threatens to further dent the fragile tourism industry in Agra.More than 450 shops, hotels, restaurants, emporiums .
Other than a ritualistic exhibition of photographs and free entry to monuments, the Agra office of the Archaelogical Survey of India has done nothing tangible to instil in the local citizenry a sense of respect and pride in the