With the improvement in the Covid-19 situation, world heritage sites of Ajanta and Ellora Caves along with three other historical monuments in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra will reopen for tourists from Thursday after remaining shut for more than three months, an official said on Wednesday.

The district administration has capped the number of tourists visiting each of these five monuments, including Bibi-Ka-Maqbara, Aurangabad Caves, and Daulatabad Fort, to 2,000 in two sessions per day in the morning and afternoon. Booking of tickets will be allowed online and tourists are expected to follow the pandemic guidelines. Given a steady decline in the number of coronavirus positive cases, the Archaeological Survey of India had announced the reopening of all Centrally protected monuments, sites and museums from Wednesday.