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After touching 208.66m at 6pm on Thursday, more than one meter from the previous record of 207.49m reported in 1978, the water level in the Yamuna River is set to drop slightly by early Friday morning, after Floodplains flooded and left some roads. Low-lying areas of the national capital were flooded.
The water level held steady at 208.66 meters at 7 pm as well.
According to the Central Water Commission (CWC) forecast, a marginal improvement is expected by 3am on Friday with levels expected to drop to 208.45m at the Old Railway Bridge. This is still well above the river’s “danger” mark of 205.33 metres.
Several areas of the city including the Red Fort, Kashmir Gate, Civil Lines, Rajghat and Itu were flooded. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which administers the Red Fort, closed the 17th-century monument to visitors on Friday.
Residents were seen wading through the deep waters of the Yamuna Bank near the old iron bridge. (Quick photo by Saman Hussain)
An official of the Delhi Irrigation and Flood Control Department said that the peak discharge from the Hatnikund Barrage in Haryana on Thursday was around 1.50 lakh kozik. This is much lower than the peak discharge of 3.59 lakh cosick released by Hathnikund on Tuesday. “The level is now more or less flat, and the forecast until Friday morning indicates a downward trend,” the official said.
Regarding the water levels seen on Thursday, the official said, “If earlier there was rain between Hatnikund and Delhi, it may be difficult to know whether the water level downstream is rising due to the release of 3.59 lakh dhakans from Hatnikund, or precipitation.” Rains., or both. If water is released in dry weather, taking into account runoff, about 60% to 80% of the infiltrated water reaches Delhi in about 36 to 40 hours. In rainy season, the flowing water reaches Delhi With the river flowing in about 36 hours.” A normal Hathnikund discharge is around 352 cusecunds.
Haryana Irrigation Department officials said that the water level of Hatnikund Dam has seen a sharp drop.
Water from the barrage normally takes 72 hours to reach Delhi, but officials believe it may have arrived earlier this time due to the high volume of water in the river. According to the officials, the low rainfall in the hills is the main reason behind the low water level of the Hatnikund River.
“Now, we have started pumping water from Hatnikund Barrage into our canals as well. Only 60,000 kozyks of water are released into the Yamuna, which is a natural discharge. This is even less than 70,000 kozyks, which is known as low flood level,” said a Haryana state official. .
Officials said the army was deployed to Tabu Kamalpur village in Yamuna Nagar on Thursday.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast released Thursday night said that isolated heavy rains are likely over Himachal Pradesh in the next five days, and over northern Haryana in the next three days. Very heavy to very heavy rains are also likely over Uttarakhand in the next five days. These are the three states that the Yamuna River passes through before it reaches Delhi. Heavy rains in the region have led to floods in the city.
After heavy rains over the weekend in Delhi and other parts of northwest India, the water level at Yamuna in Delhi crossed the “danger” mark of 205.33 meters on Monday night, and has been rising ever since.
In view of the situation, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has announced a series of measures. Schools, colleges and non-essential government offices have been directed to remain closed until Sunday. Only trucks carrying essential goods are allowed into the city.
Interstate buses from Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand, which normally terminate at the ISBT Kashmere Gate, will now terminate at the Singhu Border. It is also due to issue an advisory to private offices asking them to persuade their employees to work from home.
As the river’s water level breached the 208-meter mark late Wednesday night, parts of the Ring Road and areas adjacent to the river, including parts of Kashmir Gate, civil lines, the area near ITO, and some parts of East Delhi, were flooded. Thursday.
More than 20,000 people living along the river’s floodplain have moved to higher ground, either into temporary tents set up by the administration, or set up their own temporary tents on sidewalks along roads near the floodplain.
Meanwhile, Senior Lt. F. K. Saxena: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi called from France and inquired about the situation of water logging and floods in Delhi and the efforts being made to deal with it… He directed to take appropriate steps in favor of Delhi by taking all possible assistance from the central government.”
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