Scores of activists staged a dharna at the "Shahid Smarak" in the Sanjay Place commercial area today to protest the move.
Divisional Commissioner Ram Rao had, after a meeting of the district officials last week, indicated that the PAC would be shifted to the Keetham forest area to make way for the Metro Rail yard.
The announcement had invited the ire of the local green activists, who have now launched a campaign called "Say No to PAC shifting".
"The Keetham lake has a python point where a large number of reptiles can be seen. No effort should be made to disturb the fragile ecology of the area."
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Devashish Bhattacharya of the River Connect Campaign said, "The PAC battalion can be shifted anywhere, why this particular forest area, which is a critical green buffer between the Mathura Oil Refinery and the Taj Mahal?
The Metro rail project for Agra has been cleared by the Yogi Adityanath government and the work is likely to begin soon.
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