Old Yamuna bridge shut as river swells
Flood scare continued to threat Delhiites as the Yamuna river remained above the danger mark on Tuesday.
According to authorities, the water level may touch 207.30 metres on Thursday evening which would be 2.47 metres above the danger mark of 204.83 metres.
“The water level in Yamuna touched 206.48 metres at 9 pm which is 1.65 metre above the danger mark of 204.83 metres. It will keep on rising and is likely to touch 207.30 metres on Thursday,” said a senior official of flood and irrigation department.
The water level in Yamuna has gone up after Haryana released 7.5 lakh cusec of water into it on Monday, the highest discharge in last 100 years on a single day.
The Delhi government appealed to people living in low-lying areas to move to safer places and alerted the authorities concerned to remain “extremely vigilant” in monitoring the situation.
Meanwhile, the Old Yamuna Bridge, connecting east Delhi with the heart of the city, was shut for rail and road traffic early Tuesday morning after the water level in Yamuna rose dangerously. Railways stopped train services on the old Yamuna bridge at around 3 am and are diverting all the trains bound for Old Delhi Railway Station and towards the eastern part of the country through other routes, said a railway official.
Train services across the Old Railway Bridge — a double-decker road-cum-rail iron girder structure built in 1868 — were suspended and over two dozen trains from and to the Old Delhi railway station were diverted to other routes, a railway official said.
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