Yamuna above danger mark, may rise more before receding
By IANSTuesday, September 14, 2010
NEW DELHI - The water level in the Yamuna river was 70 cm above the danger mark Tuesday as it rose slightly to reach 205.53 metres, an official said, adding that it would rise a little further before eventually receding.
An official of the Irrigation and Flood Control department said the discharge of water from Haryana’s Hathnikund barrage was around 80,000 cusecs every hour Tuesday but it would not have much impact in the capital.
The danger level of Yamuna river is 204.83 metres.
The official said the release of over 600,000 cusecs of water by Haryana could have proved “dangerous” but added: “We can right now say that the situation will be nowhere near dangerous.”
The department’s chief engineer V.P.S. Tomar told IANS that the water level Wednesday evening will reach 205.82 metres, the point at which the level will remain constant for sometime.
Low-lying areas like Garhi Mandu, Usmanpur Pushta, Jagatpur village and Shastri Nagar are some of the places inundated and people evacuated have not so far returned to their places, officials said.
The rising Yamuna flooded several parts of the capital Saturday, with over 2,000 people evacuated from east and north Delhi. The water level in the river stood at 206.49 metres Sunday, 1.66 metres above the danger mark.
An official said that though the water level will start receding from Thursday, much depends on the release of water from Haryana and the rains in the capital.
