New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that shifting the crematorium in Agra near the Taj Mahal in one go will result in turmoil and may create serious law and order problem in the State which is to face Assembly polls in 2017.
UP advocate general Vijay Bahadur Singh, made this submission before a bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice C. Nagappan which had issued notice to the Agra administration seeking its response on shifting a cremation ground close to the Taj Mahal monument as suggested by a sitting judge of the apex court Kurian Joseph.
The State said, “shifting the present crematorium from the present site in one go may spark off demonstrations and create a serious law and order situation not only in Agra but in different parts of India.”
It assured the court that Green cremation system will be introduced by which emission will be reduced drastically. Taking note of this submission the bench asked the State government, Agra administration and the central pollution control board to submit a comprehensive scheme for development of the area with greenery and by improving the facilities in and around the present cremation site.
