Yamuna river once again crossed the danger mark of 205.33 metres in Delhi following heavy rainfall in the upper regions over the last two days. However, the water level of the river in the national capital witnessed a downward trend on Wednesday morning. According to the Central Water Commission’s (CWC) website, the water level at the Old Railway Bridge receded on Wednesday morning, and it stood at the 205.14-metre mark at 8 am. It was recorded at 205.39 metres at 10 pm on Tuesday.
An official said they were on alert, but there was no alarming situation. “The water released from Hathni Kund Barrage has been less than 50,000 cusecs over the last 24 hours, and it has been progressively going down. The current water release from the barrage is around 18,000 cusecs, and the water levels are expected to go down further.
The Delhi government said there will be no problem and the water will easily pass through Delhi. “The departments are on alert and monitoring the situation in real-time. We expect Haryana to keep Delhi posted in case they release high volumes of water into the Yamuna. We also expect Haryana to distribute water into canals flowing towards Uttar Pradesh”.
In Himachal Pradesh, at least 56 people have been killed due to torrential rain in the hill state since Sunday. This torrential rain has devastated Uttarakhand over the past two days, destroying buildings and causing landslides that breached the national highways to Badrinath, Kedarnath, and Gangotri shrines.
