Neighbourhood Travel Desk/Avi Arya: Archaeological Survey of India is likely to restrict the number of tourists visiting the Taj Mahal to 40,000 daily, as well as put a three-hour cap on each ticket holder to tour the 17th-century Mughal monument in order to preserve the heritage site.

Culture Secretary Ravindra Singh held a high-level meeting today with ASI officials and representatives of Agra district administration and officers of the Central Industrial Security Force, where the decision was taken.