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New Delhi: Yamuna river is above the danger mark in Delhi since 4 days. The water level of Yamuna river has reached 208.40 meters on Friday morning. This danger mark is 3.4 meters more than 205 meters. Several areas in Delhi are flooded even as the water levels of the Yamuna River, which rose to an all-time high yesterday, are slowly receding. Delhi government shut down schools, colleges, crematoriums, and even water treatment plants yesterday as water from the overflowing Yamuna flooded the national capital.
Apart from this, Majnu Ka Tila, Nigam Bodh Ghat, Monastery Market, Wazirabad, Geeta Colony and Shahdara area have been affected the most. Low-lying areas have been evacuated.
16 teams of NDRF have been deployed to help the people. 2,700 relief camps have been set up. So far, more than 23 thousand people have been shifted to safer places from around Yamuna.
Meanwhile, PM Modi called Amit Shah from France to take stock of the flood situation in Delhi. Shah told the PM, the water level of Yamuna may decrease in the next 24 hours.
At 6 am, Yamuna water levels stood at 208.46 metres, slightly lower than yesterday night’s 208.66. The Central Water Commission has predicted that the water levels will fall today and could reach 208.30 metres by 1 pm.
The road outside the Supreme Court in Delhi is waterlogged. The flood water has reached Yamuna Bazaar, Red Fort, Raj Ghat and ISBT-Kashmere Gate. Here the water was filled up to 3 feet.
The floodwaters even reached the Supreme Court, located in the Tilak Marg area in the central part of the city. Delhi Cabinet Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said the government has directed the chief secretary to take up the matter of the damage to the regulator on priority and resolve the problem.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will go to ITO at 11 am to take stock of Yamuna’s water and condition. On the other hand, Delhi’s Flood Control Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj says that overnight the teams of Delhi government have tried to correct the regulator of number 12 drain near the WHO building. However, still Yamuna water is entering the city. The government has asked the Chief Secretary to take immediate action.
This breach is causing flooding of ITO and surroundings. Engineers have been working whole nite. I have directed the Chief Secretary to seek help of Army/NDRF but this shud be fixed urgently https://t.co/O8R1lLAWXX
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) July 14, 2023
Delhi authorities have said that there will be drinking water and power cuts in some areas of the national capital.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Union Home Minister Amit Shah from France and enquired about the flood-like situation in parts of Delhi, sources said. During their telephone conversation, Mr Shah briefed PM Modi about the flood-like situation and told him that the water level in the Yamuna is expected to recede in the next 24 hours.
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Thursday directed that non-essential government offices, schools, and colleges be closed till Sunday.
The city government has banned the entry of heavy goods vehicles, barring those carrying essential items, into the city from the four borders, including Singhu.
Punjab and Haryana have also been hit by the rains and are conducting relief work at a brisk pace. According to Haryana government figures, the death count in rain-related incidents has gone up to 16. Earlier, 10 deaths had been reported in the state and 11 from neighbouring Punjab.
Authorities in the two states have stepped up relief operations as the weather improved over the past three days. Overall, 14 districts have been affected in Punjab and seven in Haryana.
How will be the next 24 hours…
Heavy rain will occur in these states: Delhi, Haryana, Himachal, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Odisha, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala.
Light rain will occur in these states: Light rain with lightning may occur in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu.
