Yamuna’s water level is decreasing gradually, if there is no heavy rain, the situation will be normal soon: Kejriwal
Yamuna’s water level is decreasing gradually, if there is no heavy rain, the situation will be normal soon: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the water level of Yamuna is receding gradually in the national capital and the situation will soon return to normal if there is no heavy rain.
With several parts of the city still submerged, the chief minister also urged people to avoid waterlogged areas.
“I urge everyone to avoid this. It can be fatal,” he tagged a video of children playing in flood water at Delhi’s Shanti Van.
The chief minister further said that water treatment plants at Wazirabad and Chandrawal would start functioning again by Sunday.
“The water level of Yamuna is receding gradually. If there is no heavy rain now, the situation will become normal soon. Water is being drained out from Wazirabad and Chandrawal treatment plants. After that the machines will be dried. Both the plants will start by tomorrow. Will happen.” ,” he tweeted in Hindi.
“Please follow the precautions and help each other,” he added.
After wreaking havoc on life and livelihood in parts of Delhi, the overflowing Yamuna started moving downstream on Saturday morning, albeit at a slow rate of a few centimeters per hour.
Due to a breach in the Indraprastha regulator, the area near ITO and parts of the Ring Road were waterlogged, which were sealed and the Delhi Traffic Police blocked the movement of cars, auto-rickshaws on both the carriageways of the Ring Road from Shanti Van to Geeta. And allowed the movement of other light vehicles. Colony.
However, the department said in a tweet, the road leading from Shanti Van to Rajghat and ISBT is still closed.
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The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has lifted speed restrictions on movement of trains on Yamuna bridges due to low water level in the river.
“The speed restriction imposed while crossing the metro bridge over Yamuna has been removed. All trains are now running at normal speed,” it said in a tweet.
Delhi Metro trains are crossing four Yamuna bridges with a restricted speed of 30 kmph as a precautionary measure due to the rising water level of Yamuna, the DMRC said on Thursday.
A road behind the Red Fort is waterlogged, as the swollen Yamuna river inundated the surrounding areas, in New Delhi, Friday, July 14, 2023 (Photo | PTI)
The four bridges are at Yamuna Bank (698.8 m on Blue Line), Nizamuddin (602.8 m on Pink Line), Kalindi Kunj (574 m on Magenta Line), and Shastri Park (553 m on Red Line).
Officials said the crack in the Indraprastha regulator was sealed around midnight by staff and army personnel, with Delhi LG VK Saxena supervising the work.
He said that the work of draining out the water and restoring the regulator has been started in the areas around ITO, Ring Road and Mathura Road.
However, Yamuna is still flowing two meters above the danger mark of 205.33 metres.
Locals wade through a water-logged road in Jamuna Bazar area, as the surging Yamuna river flooded the surrounding areas, in New Delhi, Friday, July 14, 2023. (Photo | PTI)
The situation could worsen if the meteorological forecast of more rains in the capital and upper catchment areas comes true.
According to the flood-monitoring portal of the Central Water Commission, the Yamuna’s water level dropped to 207.62 meters at 7 am on Saturday, from 208.66 meters at 8 pm on Thursday.
With the flow rate coming down from Hathinikund barrage in Haryana’s Yamunanagar over the last two days, a further decline is expected.
