The water level of the Yamuna River reached 205.75 metres at Delhi's old railway bridge on Tuesday morning, which is higher than the dangerous level of 205.33 metres, according to an official. The river's water level is going up, which could cause flooding in the lower parts of the city.
On Monday, Delhi's Chief Minister, Rekha Gupta, said the government is fully ready to deal with the situation. Officials said that at 6 am, the river was flowing at Old Yamuna Bridge at a level of 205.68 meters, which is higher than the dangerous level of 205.33 meters.
They said it got a discharge of 2.07 lakh cusec from Hathni Kund Barrage, 67,260 cusec from Wazirabad Barrage, and 61,958 cusec from Okhla Barrage. The water level went up even more to 205.75 meters at 7 am, and there were more releases from the three dams.
Because of the large amount of water being released from Haryana, there is a danger of flooding in Delhi, and the authorities are very watchful.
The officials have told people in the Yamuna floodplain areas to move to safer places because the river's water level has been rising steadily and is expected to hit the evacuation level of 206 metres by tonight.
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Gurugram shuts schools, offices amid heavy rain forecast
Normal life in Gurugram stopped running smoothly on Monday because heavy rain caused serious waterlogging and traffic jams all over the city. From 3 pm to 7 pm, the city received more than 100 mm of rain, leading authorities to send out an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall on September 2.
Several important areas, like the ones near Hero Honda Chowk, Patel Nagar, and Signature Bridge, were badly flooded. The service lane on the Dwarka Expressway was closed because a lot of rainwater gathered there, which caused the drainage system to break down.
The highway links Delhi's Dwarka to Kherki Daula and various areas in Gurugram, and it was hit by heavy rain for more than three hours. Because of the weather forecast, the District Disaster Management Authority told schools to switch to online classes and asked private offices to let their workers work from home on Tuesday.
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