On Sunday, key arterial routes and surrounding districts of the national capital remained plagued by waterlogging from fresh rainfall, as the Yamuna remained in spate.
At 8 a.m. on Sunday, the water level had crossed the danger mark, flooding wide swaths of the national capital and sparking a blame game between the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP. Visuals showed continuous and substantial waterlogging in the ITO, Red Fort, and Ring Road regions even on Sunday.
Drone visuals also showed waters from the overflowing Yamuna sneaking into the iconic Red Fort wall, near the Ring Road.
Further, Delhi’s Akshardham and the walled city area near Kashmere Gate continued to remain inundated with drone visuals showing the extent of flooding there.
However, the water level on the stretch of road from Majnu Ka Tila to Kashmere Gate has started to recede. The same comes as a huge respite for locals in the area, who had been literally marooned over the last few days due to excessive flooding on account of record rainfall and release of water into the Yamuna.
Meanwhile, teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) carried out rescue operations in the low-lying areas near Pragati Maidan on Saturday late night as the Yamuna continued to be in spate, officials said.
Hundreds of people, who were rescued from low-lying areas by the NDRF personnel, spent the night at a relief camp in Mayur Vihar.
Fresh showers pelted numerous parts of the national capital on Saturday, causing severe flooding along major thoroughfares and putting traffic to a halt.