Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced to close all government and private schools in areas where people were suffering with extensive flooding and waterlogging. In a tweet, the chief minister urged all councillors and MLAs to visit relief camps and provide all possible support.
Meanwhile, Delhi’s Directorate of Education, too, ordered all government and private schools to close immediately in flood endangered areas, without waiting for orders. On Thursday, the CM urged people in the national capital to help out each other as much as possible and extend all necessary assistance in flood prone areas in Delhi.
“The water level of Yamuna is increasing continuously. Now the water has reached 208.46 metres. Due to the rising water level, the Yamuna has come on the roads around it. You are requested not to go on these routes. People are being evacuated from the populated areas where there is water. The people living there are requested to cooperate with the administration. Saving the lives of people is most important. There is an appeal to all the people of Delhi to cooperate with each other in every possible way in this emergency”, CM Kejriwal shared in a tweet.
Traffic movement has been impaired in several places due to the rise in the water level of Yamuna and the resultant inundation of low-lying areas. Several areas of the city are under water as the water level of river Yamuna continues to rise following heavy rainfall and the release of water from the Hathnkund Barrage in neighbouring Haryana.
The North East district police have informed that more than 1000 people and around 999 cattle have been rescued from different areas near Yamuna amid the flood situation. The rescue was carried out in Usmanpur, Shastri Park, and Sonia Vihar police station areas.
No commercial vehicles will be allowed between Mukarba Chowk and Wazirabad Bridge, Sarai Kale Khan and IP Flyover, and Akshardham and Sarai Kale Khan.