1.   Yet the Germans had not taken the precaution of using a series of surface booms and underwater nets to protect the dams against torpedoes dropped from the air.

2.   But the government said army forces were protecting the dam and it was not in danger of sabotage.

3.   KHS discharges water through the spill way to protect the dam which has blocked the main Karnaphuli river and its flow to use the water pressure to generate electricity.

4.   Rakhmonov dismissed the threat, saying that the government forces were protecting the dam.

5.   The government dismissed the threat, saying its forces were protecting the dam.