The city's groundwater is also unfit for drinking, and is saline and high in fluoride content.
Agra amassed a GDP of 40,210 crores as per the data released by for the year 2018—19, thus the 3rd rank in the state.
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The in Agra fort and the tomb of were also constructed during the reign of Jahangir.
If you are planning a visit to the Taj Mahal in India and you are an information freak like me, you will read every Taj Mahal travel blog you can get your hands on.
Activists say that the Yamuna river bed between and the has become a dumping ground for pollutants.
For the cost of a beer, you can soak up this wondrous view from the best rooftop hotel in Agra.
The most accepted one is that it had its origin from the Hindi word agar meaning salt-pan, a name which was given to it because the soil in the region is brackish and salt used to be made here once by evaporation.