At 7 am on Tuesday, the Yamuna River in Delhi was still overflowing, with a water level of 205.45 meters. The Yamuna River’s danger mark is located at 205.33 meters. Yamuna’s water level was 206.56 meters on Monday.
The administration issued warnings on Sunday to leave low-lying areas close to the floodplains. Once again, the rise in water level raised worries about a potential flood situation in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas.
The river water level had been hovering around the danger mark of 205.33 metres for the last few days after reaching an all-time high of 208.66 metres on July 13.
This surge in Yamuna’s water level is primarily due to the discharge of water from the Hathnikund Barrage caused by heavy rainfall in some regions of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
After July 13, the Yamuna had been receding gradually after reaching an all-time high of 208.66 meters but there have been marginal fluctuations in the water level over the last two-three days. The water level dropped below the danger mark at 8 pm on July 18 after flowing above the threshold for eight days.
Due to the increase in the water level of the river, several places in Delhi grappled with water-logging and flood-like situations.
Meanwhile, Delhi Jal Board Vice-Chairman Saurabh Bhardwaj on Sunday inspected the Wazirabad Water Treatment Plant (WTP) and said that the Delhi government has made embankments and reinforcement at vulnerable spots to prevent flood water entering the water treatment plants.
On Sunday, Home Minister Amit Shah spoke with Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and asked him about the water level in the national capital’s Yamuna River.