Yamuna past danger mark, recedes later
Flood alert was sounded in the low-lying areas of Delhi, after heavy downpours for three days caused the water level to cross the danger mark in the Yamuna river on Saturday.
However, the Delhi government later said the water level of Yamuna has started receding after breaching the danger mark and asserted that it was geared up to meet any flood-like situation in the low-lying areas.
The river is now flowing 11 cms above the danger level of 204.8 metres and with incessant rainfall expected throughout Saturday, the officials have decided to evacuate the families residing closer to the river in eastern part of Delhi.
Meanwhile, the Delhi government has put its officials on alert in case a need arises to evacuate people from the hutments along the banks of the river. Meanwhile, the city witnessed chaos on Saturday. Water logging of streets were reported from major parts of the city like Badarpur, Siri Fort road and Qutub Minar. Despite being a weekend, Saturday morning saw major traffic snarls.
The un-cleared debris on roads due to construction work for the Games further added to water logging.
And although the rains bought down the city’s temperature, Delhiites had a harrowing time on Friday evening and throughout Saturday as traffic was brought to a near standstill by the rains.
On Saturday, the Delhi traffic police reported numerous jams all over the city after choked drains blamed partly on Commonwealth Games construction work flooded roads.
The city has been receiving heavy rains for the past three days with Thursday recording the heaviest downpour of the season. The rain gauges in the capital recorded 17.4 mm of rains during a period between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm. For a period of 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Saturday, the city received 24.9 mm of rains. The heavy showers also resulted in the maximum dropping to 28.4ºC, which is six degrees below normal. On Friday, the maximum was 31.7 mm.
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