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Google Earth image showing Tawi River catchments on upstream and downstream of Jammu City in Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu’s Flood Fury Was Man-Made — Here’s the Shocking Evidence From Space

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Google Earth images show that the embankments constructed as part of the Tawi River Front Development Project have shrunk the river’s width from 450 Meters to 285 Meters in Jammu City.

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