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Statues and monuments in India such as Tajmahal are affected by acid rain. How?

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Due to large number of chemical factories, power plants and other industries, air around the monuments are highly polluted with oxides of sulphur and nitrogen. This causes acid rain which corrodes metallic surfaces exposed to it. Marble of Taj Mahal is slowly eaten away by acid rain.
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