New Delhi: After breaking the record of 45 years three days back, the water level has declined.Yamuna in Delhi The water level came down to 208.17 meters at 6 pm on Friday, while many major areas of the city were submerged.
Here are the major developments:
Here are the major developments:
- lieutenant governor VK Saxena and CM
Arvind Kejriwal The two briefed the media after inspecting the spot at Vikas Bhawan, ITO, where a drain regulator was damaged, resulting in water-logging on the roads. - According to the Central Water Commission (CWC) data, the water level was 208.57 meters in the early hours of Friday and dropped marginally to 208.48 meters at 5 am. The water level of Yamuna was 208.42 meters at eight in the morning. It went down to 208.27 meters at 1 pm and 208.25 meters at 3 pm. The reading was 208.17 meters at 6 pm.
- Vikas Marg, one of the important stretches connecting East and Central Delhi, was closed for traffic as vehicular movement was disrupted and commuters were stuck in traffic jam for hours. flood water The busy ITO intersection and Rajghat were submerged in central Delhi on Friday.
- The Delhi Traffic Police cautioned people to plan their travel in view of the flood-like situation in many parts of the city.
- The Yamuna in Delhi rose to 207.71 meters on Wednesday, breaking its all-time record of 207.49 meters set in 1978.
- Flood waters reached the entrance of the Supreme Court in central Delhi and submerged the busy ITO intersection and Raj Ghat as the regulator of the Irrigation and Flood Control Department was damaged.
- Traffic was moving at a crawl in many parts of the national capital and commuters struggled to reach their destinations due to Yamuna water overflowing onto the roads, prompting the Delhi Traffic Police on Thursday to impose an order on vehicular movement. Had to issue advisory. Police said there is no restriction on vehicles carrying essential services like food items and petroleum products. Traffic was affected in many parts of the city, especially East Delhi, where commuters were stranded for hours as the Yamuna was blocked.
- Delhi minister Saurabh Bhardwaj told the LG that he made several requests to various authorities on Thursday night to call the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), but to no avail and the NDRF team arrived on Friday. The LG said, “I would like to tell you that this is not the time to blame anyone or make comments. Right now we need to do teamwork. I can also say a lot but it is not required right now…”
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, this is not the time for allegations and counter-allegations, there is a need to work together.
- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday that water treatment plants at Wazirabad and Chandrawal would start functioning by Saturday morning if the Yamuna’s water level receded to 207.7 metres.
- The weather office has issued a ‘yellow’ alert for moderate rain and thundershowers in Delhi on Saturday, leading to a flood-like situation in some parts. Several areas including Laxmi Nagar, Ayanagar, Lodhi Road, Mungeshpur and some areas in east Delhi received light rain on Friday. Light drizzle occurred in other areas including Lutyens’ Delhi.
- Three the boys drowned A man fell into a ditch at a metro construction site while taking a bath in flood water in northwest Delhi’s Mukundpur Chowk area on Friday, officials said. The boys – Nikhil (10), Piyush (13) and Ashish (13) – were residents of Jahangirpuri in northeast Delhi, they said.
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flood in delhi Occurred in 1924, 1977, 1978, 1988, 1995, 1998, 2010 and 2013. According to the research, an analysis of flood data from 1963 to 2010 indicates an increasing trend of floods occurring in September and a decreasing trend in July.
(with inputs from agencies)