India's Supreme Court, cracking down on chemical and carbon fumes threatening the Taj Mahal, ordered almost 300 coal-based industries in its vicinity to close by the end of 1997.
The court, delivering a judgment in a public interest case, also ordered officials to cut off coke and coal supplies to the industries in the area around the monument.
Reuters - New Delhi
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