Another retired ASI official revealed that the area was cordoned off because there was nothing for the tourists to see. If they are kept open unnecessarily, there would be a crowd there. So to preserve the monument, the areas have been locked.
After all, the Taj Mahal is a protected World Heritage Site with more than 100,000 visitors every day. So with so many people constantly passing through, they wanted to avoid the wear and tear and protect the monument.
Even after the petition was dismissed, after ASI officials explained things, the debate didn’t stop. Some people in the media and social media kept this debate on unreasonably. It seemed almost like someone was benefiting from this, by discussing these things. So after about 3 or 4 days, the Archaeological Survey of India, tried to end this debate forever by releasing pictures.
They publicly shared photos of the closed rooms. They showed the restoration work going on, and what the rooms looked like from the inside. Agra’s ASI Chief R. K. Patel told India Today, that the pictures can be found live on the website of ASI. And that it was a part of their newsletter and anyone can see the pictures by going to their website.
There was one thing noteworthy in these photos, and it was the hard work of the ASI staff, for the conservation of our monuments. You can see the before and after pictures here before and after the restoration works. It is only due to them, that our historical gems continue to be preserved like so.
