Lucknow, Aug 5 - Contrary to reports, the Uttar Pradesh government has no plan to build any kind of corridor behind the 17th century Taj Mahal, a top state official said here Wednesday.

State housing principal secretary Harminder Raj Singh flatly denied reports appearing in a section of the media about the Mayawati government's plans to erect a foot overbridge or a ropeway over the Yamuna river, just next to the heritage monument.

'There was no question of building anything in or around the Taj Mahal without the concurrence of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as well as a formal nod by the Supreme Court of India,' Singh pointed out.

Agra Development Authority vice chairman Tanveer Zafar Ali has also refuted reports attributed to him.