The water level of the Yamuna crossed the warning mark of 204.50 metres in Delhi following torrential rain in the river’s upper catchment areas over the past two days.
According to the Central Water Commission’s website, the water level at the Old Railway Bridge rose from 203.48 metres at 3 pm on Monday to 204.94 metres at 6 pm on Tuesday.
The flow rate at the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana’s Yamunanagar district stood at 30,153 cusecs, considered moderate during the monsoon season.
An official of the Delhi government’s irrigation and flood control department said low-level flooding may occur at a few places along the river, but a grave situation is unlikely.
At least 53 people have been killed in Himachal Pradesh as rain has wreaked havoc in the hill state since Sunday.
Torrential rain also ravaged Uttarakhand over the past two days, destroying buildings and causing landslides that breached the national highways to Badrinath, Kedarnath, and Gangotri shrines.
At 208.66 metres on July 13, the Yamuna surpassed its previous record of 207.49 metres set in September 1978. It breached embankments and penetrated deeper into the city than it has in more than four decades.