Delhi flood: After water-logging in many areas, Yamuna’s water level stable, will start receding soon

New Delhi: A senior official of the Central Water Commission said on Thursday that the water level of Yamuna river in Delhi has stabilized and the event will start from tonight. According to the CWC flood-monitoring portal, the water level at the Old Railway Bridge rose to 208.62 meters at 1 pm and remained stable till 4 pm.

“The water level has stabilized and will start receding in the next four hours. It is expected to recede to 208.45 meters by 3 am on Friday,” Central Water Commission (CWC) director Sharad Chandra told PTI. “

He said that the water flow rate at Hathinikund barrage in Haryana dropped to 80,000 cusecs at 4 pm.

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The swollen river has submerged several areas, affecting public and private infrastructure, road and rail traffic and causing great hardship to the people living along the river.

The water level at the Old Railway Bridge crossed the 208-metre mark on Wednesday night, with the CWC terming it as an “extreme situation”.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged the Center to intervene and the city police imposed Section 144 of the CrPC in flood-prone areas to prevent unlawful assembly of four or more people and public movement in groups.

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Thursday directed that all non-essential government offices, schools and colleges in the city will remain closed till Sunday. Private establishments across the city have been advised to work from home.

There are two major barrages on the Yamuna upstream of Delhi – Dakpathar in Dehradun and Hathnikund in Yamunanagar. There are no dams on the river and hence, most of the flow of monsoon rainfall remains unutilised, resulting in floods during the season.

A rapid rise in the water level of the Yamuna was recorded in Delhi in the last four days. It rose from 203.14 meters at 11 am on Sunday to 205.4 meters at 5 pm on Monday, crossing the danger mark of 205.33 meters 18 hours earlier than expected.

The river crossed the clearance mark of 206 meters on Monday night, prompting people living in flood-prone areas to shift to safer places and closing the old railway bridge for road and rail traffic.

The water level crossed the previous record of 207.49 meters by 1 pm on Wednesday and 208 meters by 10 pm.

Major floods occurred in Delhi in 1924, 1977, 1978, 1988, 1995, 1998, 2010 and 2013. An analysis of flood data from 1963 to 2010 indicates an increasing trend of floods occurring in September and a decreasing trend in July. research.

However, the India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rains over Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in the next few days.