Yamuna crosses 207-metre mark first time in 32 years

New Delhi : Relentless rains saw the Yamuna river rising two metres above the danger level in Delhi on Thursday, crossing the 207-metre mark for first time in 32 years.

Several low-lying areas in Delhi are submerged and authorities hinted that the water level is expected to go up further by the afternoon.

They however maintained that all arrangements have been made to deal with the situation.

The water level went up after Haryana released 7.5 lakh cusec of water into it on Monday, the highest discharge in last 100 years on a single day.

The rise in water levels also prompted the Railways to cancel as many as 22 trains in view of the closure of the Old Yamuna bridge and announced diversion of 65 other trains.

The Yamuna and Sutlej continue to cause flash floods in Punjab and Haryana. The National Highway connecting Delhi with Lucknow and Bareilly-Badaun road remained closed.

On another note, rail services between Dehradun and Haridwar have been restored after three days.

Uttar Pradesh accounted for nine more deaths, while 67 persons lost their lives in the incessant rains during the past few days. Thousands others have been rendered homeless in the hill state.

In UP, three persons died in Ramabai Nagar, two deaths each were reported from Badaun and Shahjahanpur and one each from Bareilly and Pilibhit.

The situation worsened in the western districts of the state with around 177 villages of Bareilly, Badaun, Pilibhit and Shahajanpur inundated after 40,000 cusec of water was released from Kalagarh dam into river Ramganga.

The National Highway connecting Delhi with Lucknow and Bareilly-Badaun road remained closed in the wake of floods, which washed away Narain bridge on Kiccha river.

Pauri-Delhi National Highway in Muzaffarnagar has been closed for traffic due to floods.

The Ganga and Solani rivers were flowing above the danger mark in the district.

River Ganga was flowing at danger mark in Fatehgarh, Kanpur, Kannauj, Rae Bareilly and was rising at Allahabad, Mirzapur, Varanasi and Ghazipur.