Taj Mahal Under Attack from Bugs, NY Times Reports

India's Taj Mahal, the historic mausoleum is under attack from mosquito-like insects excreting a green substance on parts of its marble walls, the New York Times reports.

 

Millions of mosquito-like insects, their numbers supercharged by nutritious algae blooming profusely along the banks of the polluted Yamuna River nearby.Like generations of romance-driven human couples before them, the bugs have swarmed the Taj Mahal on a mating flight, excreting a green substance on parts of its marble walls.

 

The Yamuna has suffered mightily in recent years from the dumping of solid waste in its waters, said an environmental activist in Agra, India, the site of the Taj Mahal.

 

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Source: New York Times