General Studies · Passage based Reasoning

In this question, a passage is given followed by a statement. Read the passage carefully and judge the statement. Passage: When Shah Jahan eternalised his love for Mumtaz, he must have believed that the river would be flowing forever. There was no solid ground on which the foundation could be built. So they used a well foundation, an engineering p ractice using deep wells to lower the water table and filling them with rocks and mortar. Fina lly they were capped with wooden, bo x-like structures on which the mausoleum was constructed. The Yamuna is an integral part of the Taj’s design and there was no anticipation that it would dry or become narrow. But the river has narrowed and it is polluted. The wooden foundations are likely to become brittle and might disintegrate because, as Venice , built on a wooden foundation, shows, longevity of wood increases when it is submerged in wa ter. When the wood is not exposed to oxygen there are no microorganisms to promote decay. A dry Yamuna could promote disintegration of the wooden foundatio ns, the corrosive effect of the polluted water add ing to the decay. Statement: Taj Mahal was built on a strong solid ground on the bank of river Yamuna.