Agra, May 26 -- The Taj Mahal, a UNESCO listed World Heritage monument in Agra, will have an anti-drone system to counter potential aerial threats, a senior police official said on Sunday.

The system will have a range of seven-eight kilometres and it will 'soft kill' any threat once it comes within 200 metres of the main dome, the officer added.

Police personnel are being trained for effective use of this new technological layer to be added to Taj Mahal's security, assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Taj Security, Syed Areeb Ahmed said.

At present, the monument is guarded by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) inside and by UP police around the walls, he added.

"This anti-drone system is to be installed, once received, within ...