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Swollen
Yamuna hits over 2,000 people in Delhi, iron bridge closed
Saturday, September 11, 2010 08:29:29 PM,
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Yamuna continues rising, Dikshit says no need to worry
Fears of a
flood in the national capital loomed large Friday with the Yamuna
flowing above the danger mark and expected to rise further, but
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said there was no need to
worry and the "situation was under control". »
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New Delhi:
The Yamuna flowed nearly two metres above the danger mark Saturday
evening as over 2,000 people from flooded areas in east and north
Delhi were evacuated and an iron bridge over the river was closed
as a precaution, an official said.
The swollen Yamuna's water level touched a high of 206.78 metres
Saturday and officials hoped the level would come down to 206.35
metres by 4 p.m. Sunday.
"The Yamuna is likely to start receding tonight (Saturday) and is
expected to touch the 206.35-metre mark at 4 p.m. Sunday,"
Irrigation and Flood Control department's Chief Engineer V.P.S.
Tomar told IANS.
Tomar said for nearly three hours the water level remained
constant at 206.78 metres. Altogether 1,897 people living in
low-lying areas were moved to safer places, including nearly 400
government camps.
According to an official, the Yamuna water threatened to enter
parts of the otherwise busy Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT), the
capital's oldest bus station in Kashmere Gate.
As part of precautionary measure, the irrigation and flood control
department decided to close the vintage rail-cum-road
double-decker iron bridge that links the Walled City to Shahdara
neighbourhood across the river.
The railways also cancelled or diverted 53 trains, including
several short-distance services, as several low-lying areas in and
around the national capital were flooded.
Fields close to Mayur Vihar Phase-I area in east Delhi were
flooded and hundreds of labourers living there had pitched tents
along a main road, an official said.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit visited low-lying areas in the
capital affected due to rise in water level of Yamuna and assured
that the government was fully geared to meet any challenge.
Accompanied by Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Raj Kumar
Chauhan, Dikshit visited low-lying areas such as Sonia Vihar, ISBT
and Yamuna Pushta and also met people living in relief camps.
According to an official, over 30,000 cusecs of water is being
released into Yamuna on an hourly basis and it was normal for the
river's level to rise.
Low-lying areas like Garhi Mandu, Usmanpur Pushta, Jagatpur
village and Shastri Nagar were some of the places inundated,
officials said.
Around 100 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel have
been deployed to assist the authorities to tackle the situation,
which is similar to the situation in 1978.
In 1978, more than 250,000 people were affected when the Yamuna
flooded large areas in the capital's northern and eastern
districts through which the river flows.
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