Decades old flood record broken in Delhi, life in trouble.

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Usha Pathak  Senior Journalist.

New Delhi, July 14, 2023 (Agency). Due to the severe floods in the Yamuna river in Delhi and NCR, many areas have been cut off due to large-scale flooding of residential areas.

After many decades, the danger has increased due to flood water filling Kashmiri Gate Bus Stand, Ring Road and residential areas in the stomach of Yamuna. The government has issued an alert regarding this.

Schools, colleges and other similar institutions have been closed in Delhi and NCR. People living in Yamuna Khadar have been given shelter in nearby public places and high dams.

The Delhi government has said that thousands of people living in the flood-affected areas of the Yamuna river in the city have been shifted to temporary shelters at safer places and are being provided food and water.

Delhi government's water minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said that due to rise in the water level of Yamuna in Delhi, low-lying areas have been flooded. People affected by the rising water level have been shifted to East, North, Northeast, South East Central and Shahdara districts. More than 2700 tents have been arranged here for these people. He said that due to release of huge amount of water from Hathnikund in Haryana, the water level of Yamuna has increased.

Mr Bhardwaj said maximum number of tents have been set up in East district 1,700, North East Delhi district 280, Shahdara 170, Central 150 and South East district 384 among others to provide shelter to evacuees from low-lying areas of Delhi.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called an emergency meeting on Tuesday. The Yamuna river is currently flowing above the danger mark. Its water level had reached 205.33 meters on Monday evening.

On the other hand, keeping in view the security, the movement of trains going from Old Delhi to Ghaziabad via Shahdara has been stopped from 6 am on Tuesday. Deepak Kumar, Chief Public Relations Officer of Northern Railway said that Loha Pul has been temporarily closed due to continuous rising water level in Yamuna.L.S.