This was the second time during the current monsoon that the river level had gone up to cause serious concern.
"Since the monument has weathered many a storm over the centuries, I do not think the rise in the Yamuna level or its increasing current could cause any harm to the structure or its foundations," claimed a senior official in Lucknow.
"About 320,000 cusecs of water was expected to be released from the barrages over the next 24 hours. However, more than the rising water level. It was the accelerated current that could be cause of some worry," they said.
Image: A relief-cum-survey team of Delhi government surveys the water-level.
Photograph: Vijay Verma/PTI
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