India SC seeks UP govt's response

India's Supreme Court yesterday took suo motu cognisance of media reports that the historic Taj Mahal in Agra might collapse by next five years and sought the response from Indian federal and Uttar Pradesh state governments on the reported threat to the 17th century monument of love.
A bench of justices D K Jain and A R Dave issued notices to Uttar Pradesh government, the Archaeological Survey of India and Indian Ministry of Environment and Forest and asked them to file their response within two weeks.