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Taj threatened

Wednesday 27 April 1994 19:02 EDT
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Owners of factories near the Taj Mahal threatened to destroy the monument if a decision by India's Supreme Court to close them down were implemented, Reuter reports from Agra.

The Supreme Court ruled that the factories must close to protect the 17th-century marble mausoleum, already damaged by decades of pollution, from further toxic emissions.

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