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Taj Mahal

Image: Licypriya Kangujam Twitter page

Tweet of 10-year-old climate activist forces authority to clean garbage around Taj Mahal

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Jun 24, 2022, at 08:12 pm

#Taj Mahal #ManipuriActivist # LicypriyaKangujam #TajMahalPollution

New Delhi/Agra: A social media post by 10-year-old climate activist Licypriya Kangujam created an overnight change as it forced authorities to clean garbage around the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra, a monument visited by a large number of domestic and foreign tourists every year.

Holding a placard in her hand, Manipur's Licypriya Kangujam tweeted on Thursday: "Behind the beauty of Taj Mahal! Thanks humans."

"You might be witnessing this scene when you visit the Taj Mahal. You may say it’s very polluted but your 1 piece of polythene bag, one simple plastics water bottle led this situation when millions of people visit every year," she said.

Behind the beauty of Taj Mahal! Thanks humans. 😞

You might be witnessing this scene when you visit the Taj Mahal. You may say it’s very polluted but your 1 piece of polythene bag, one simple plastics water bottle led this situation when millions of people visit every year. pic.twitter.com/KriVT1ewvk
— Licypriya Kangujam (@LicypriyaK) June 21, 2022

The placard read: "Behind the beauty of Taj Mahal is plastic pollution."

Meanwhile, after the venue was forced to be cleaned following her tweet, Licypriya reacted again and said: "Happy to see my one tweet forced to clean garbage around Taj Mahal by the authorities yesterday. But I want a permanent solution. Ban single use plastic completely in & around all heritage site of India under a law."

Happy to see my one tweet forced to clean garbage around Taj Mahal by the authorities yesterday. But I want a permanent solution. Ban single use plastic completely in & around all heritage site of India under a law.

Anyway change is coming whether you like it or not. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/jMM7v8WVas
— Licypriya Kangujam (@LicypriyaK) June 23, 2022

"Anyway change is coming whether you like it or not," she said.

She also wrote a letter to the Archaeological Survey of India and asked the institution to ban single use plastic completely in all UNESCO World Heritage Sites of India.

Yesterday, I wrote a letter to the DG, Archaelogical Survey of India @ASIGoI to ban single use plastic completely in all @UNESCO World Heritage Site of India after my shocking experience of the pile of garbage in and around the Taj Mahal. pic.twitter.com/oqSDEcC8NH
— Licypriya Kangujam (@LicypriyaK) June 23, 2022

Taj Mahal is known as the second most visited tourist place in Asia after Angkor Wat in Cambodia, media reports said.

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