Delhi-NCR Weather Live Updates: Yellow alert on as rain likely over several areas; Yamuna water level still above evacuation mark

“Flood-like situation is currently being seen in delhi, due to which a lot of areas are inundated, specially those who are poor who used to live on the bank of the Yamuna river many of them have been left with no other option but to stay in the relief camps that have been made by the delhi government. Today when I came to the relief camp — I learnt that people are facing a lot of issues, they aren’t being provided with food on time, there are too many mosquitos and no mosquito-nets have been provided, they are facing issues in getting clean drinking water. We understand that this is a natural disaster, but in a situation like this, it is the governments responsibility to care for the affected citizens,” Kejriwal said.

Light rainfall accompanied with light thunderstorm and lightning (30-40 Km/h gusty winds) is very likely to occur at many places of Delhi ( Rajauri Garden, Patel Nagar, Red fort, Preet Vihar, Budha Jayanti Park, President House, Rajeev chauk, ITO, Jafarpur, Nazafgarh, Dwarka, Delhi Cantt, India Gate, Akshardham, Palam, Safdarjung, Lodi Road, Nehru Stadium, IGI Airport, Vasant Vihar, R K Puram, Defence Colony, Lajpat Nagar, Vasant Kunj, Hauzkhas, Malviyanagar, Kalkaji, Mahrauli, Tughlakabad, Chhattarpur, IGNOU, Ayanagar, Deramandi), NCR ( Bahadurgarh, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) Charkhi Dadri during next 2 hours.

Delhi's Nigam Bodh Ghat area flooded as water level of River Yamuna rises. Here are some drone visuals from the area shot at 10.15 am today -- Credit: PTI

A walk through the Mayur Vihar Phase I relief camp showed how people are trying to hold on to whatever they could save.

For Poonam, the mother of a six-month-old baby, the struggle is of a different kind.

"Living with a small child like this, under the open sky, is very difficult. There is no privacy, no comfort and we are constantly worried about the baby's health," she said.

Utensils, mattresses and wooden cots were placed along the roadside. Some children played nearby while elderly men sat in groups, talking about the loss they had suffered.

Another resident of Yamuna Khadar, Rajesh, said the floods have left him with nothing to return to. "My house is still under water and most of my belongings are gone. I had borrowed money for repairs last year, and now everything is washed away again. I don't know how I will repay the debt," he said.

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According to IMD's 8.30 am observations, rainfall was recorded at several weather stations in the national capital in the past 24 hours. Safdarjung logged 7.6 mm, Palam 13.3 mm, Lodi Road 3.2 mm, Ridge 5.2 mm, while Aya Nagar did not record any rainfall.

Delhi's air quality index (AQI) stood at 67 at 8 am, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The AQI falls in the satisfactory category.

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Lawyers in Delhi Thursday said they would go back to abstaining from work from Monday following an "arbitrary and illegal" circular from the office of the commissioner of police regarding designated places for recording evidence.

The Coordination Committee of all District Court Bar Associations, which represents all lawyers in the Capital, had been on strike for six days in August against a notification issued by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on August 13, which allowed the police to record evidence from police stations via video conferencing.

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While the IMD did not issue any alert for the next six days, it forecast a generally cloudy sky with one or two spells of very light to light rain or thunderstorms on Friday. It also expected moderate rain at a few places in the Capital, the IMD added.

The water level in the Yamuna river at Delhi’s Old Railway Bridge stood at 207.33 metres at 7 am on Friday, a day after reaching the season’s highest at 207.48 metres. The water is likely to recede further during the day, according to officials quoted by news agency PTI. Old Railway Bridge is the flood-forecasting station for Delhi.

Thursday was its third-highest water level since 1963. The highest-ever level in the Yamuna in Delhi was 208.66 m in July 2023 when the swelling river displaced more than 25,000 people, and before that, it was 207.49 m in September 1978.

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Seems like it is set to be a generally cloudy sky day today! The IMD did not issue any alert for the next six days, but one or two spells of very light to light rain or thunderstorms is on the cards for Friday.

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