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Taj Mahal ‘at risk of being privatised’ under new heritage adoption scheme | World news | The Guardian

India’s Modi government has made a controversial decision to contract out its most famous sites for million-dollar fees

Delhi-based historian and heritage activist Rana Safvi said it remained unclear how corporate management of these sites will be monitored.

“There is no clarity on how much money corporates will spend on the facilities but they are certainly going to generate more funds from tickets than the contract amount,” she told AFP.

— Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/30/taj-mahal-at-risk-of-being-privatised-under-new-heritage-adoption-scheme

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