Yamuna water level crosses danger mark, alert issued in Delhi
The administration has launched efforts to evacuate people living in the yamuna river's flood plains.
The Delhi authorities have announced a flood alert as the Yamuna river has breached the danger mark of 205.33 metres amid heavy rains in the upper catchment areas. The administration has launched efforts to evacuate people living in the river’s flood plains.
The water level recorded at the Old Railway Bridge at 11 am was 205.34 metres. It is likely to rise further. It was 205.22 metres at 8:30 am, 205.10 metres at 6 am and 205.17 at 7 am.
The irrigation and flood control department has deployed 13 boats in different areas and 21 are on standby. Many state departments are on alert.
The Delhi Police and the East Delhi district administration have started evacuating people living on the floodplains of the Yamuna in the capital, as more water is being discharged into the river from the Hathnikund Barrage.
These people are being shifted to shelter homes of the city government in the Yamuna Pushta area.
The situation is being monitored round-the-clock. A flood alert is declared when the Yamuna crosses the “warning mark” of 204.50 metres.
The weather department has also issued an “orange alert” for moderate rains in Delhi-NCR for the third day on the trot on Friday. According to the Delhi flood control room, the discharge rate at the Hathnikund Barrage peaked at 1.60 lakh cusecs on Tuesday afternoon, the highest this year so far.
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