SOLUTIONS

1. Start double ticketing system: first, for entering the Taj and then additional or separate ticket for going up to the main mausoleum

2. Fix the hourly sale of tickets, so that the mausoleum does not get choked at a particular instant. There is a need to understand the inflow rate of tourists and fix it by the hour

3. Restrict the residence time around the two peak hours (10 am and 5 pm)

4. Record the hourly ticket sale data to better understand the trend of tourists visiting the Taj. This is easily possible if the tickets are computerised, with timings of ticket sale

5. Prepare the management inside the Taj premises to be in sync with such a crowd regarding facilities (like water and sanitation)

6. Taj security forces (CISF) must be prepared to handle (or evacuate) such large numbers in a short time span in case of any emergency

7. Double ticket system needed, with additional (optional) tickets for visiting the white marble floor, leading up to the main mausoleum, which is the most vulnerable to damage. Children above age 10 also to be charged for this

8. To ensure compliance with strict residence, go for bar-coded electronic tickets, linked to computer network and scanned at gates; instal LED display boards displaying total number of tourists inside; impose some extra charge so that gradually, it may be conveyed to other tourists also and following residence time may become a habit

9. Implement suggestions on experimental basis on specific days identified as days of high tourist visit (Saturdays, Sundays, festive holidays and a few days after those)

10. Display those identified days on Taj website; issue advisory that tourists requiring more time may choose days other than those