“If the level goes up further, we have more than 30 boats on standby”, said Kulanand Joshi, District Magistrate (East), Delhi. Also, if it rains even more in catchment areas, the residents will be shifted to safer places.
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The authority was forced to close the old Yamuna Iron Bridge as a precautionary measure. “We will also arrange tents and food for them”, he said.
Yamuna levels continued to rise as rain lashed the city for the fourth consecutive day.
“The bridge is very old”. Official says that incessant heavy rainfall and release of water in huge quantity from the Hathnikund barrage upstream in Haryana state have raised the level of the river.
The diversion of traffic due to the closure of the Iron Bridge onto the other roads of the Delhi. The Old Railway Bridge was shut by evening and a number of trains were diverted. Water minister Kapil Mishra said: “Water level in Yamuna nearing danger mark”. Team on alert. Few people evacuated from Burari. The incident has caused the Delhi Government to deploy flood and disaster management teams as well.
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The water level was at 204.81 metre around 8 p.m. on Saturday, slightly below the danger mark of 204.83 metre and above the warning level of 204 metre.
