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India News: A rising Yamuna river touched the walls of the Taj Mahal in Agra and submerged a garden behind the monument on Monday for the first time in 45 years.
The recent heavy rains causing a surge in the Yamuna river's water level have touched the walls of the Taj Mahal, submerging a garden, which is unseen for 45 years. But the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) reassured that other historical monuments had not suffered damage, attributed to the Taj Mahal's ingenious design that ensures water does not enter the main structure.
'The last time the Yamuna touched the back wall of the Taj Mahal was during high floods in 1978,' Prince Vajpayee, conservation assistant at ASI, said.
Officials in Agra stepped up relief preparedness as the water level in Yamuna rose to 495.8 feet on Sunday.
Yamuna reaches Taj Mahal: ASI has said that there is no threat to the heritage site even though the outer parts of Itimad-ud-Daula’s tomb and the Dussehra Ghat near the Taj Mahal have been inundated.