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Rising Yamuna poses threat to Taj Mahal
September 24, 2008
"While 120,000 cusecs of water was released from Hatnikund and Tajewala barrages in Himachal about three days ago following which the river level has been steadily going up all along the course in the downstream," state relief commissioner G K Tandon said in Lucknow on Wednesday.
He said, "The additional flow of water had already inundated certain areas in parts of Western UP from where the river was headed towards Agra, where it could even cross the danger mark by Thursday afternoon."
Image: People move to safety with belongings salvaged from their flood-affected homes in low-lying areas of the northeast Delhi.
Photograph: Raveendran/AFP/Getty Images
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