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This is an archive article published on August 15, 2023

Yamuna crosses danger mark again after heavy rain in hills

At 6 pm, the water level at the Old Railway Bridge was 204.94 m, above the ‘warning’ level of 204.5 m. The Central Water Commission (CWC) forecast indicated that the level is set to rise further to 205 m by 5 am on Wednesday.

yamuna water levelThis comes about a month after heavy rainfall in the river’s catchment area brought floods, the worst that the city has seen in 45 years, to Delhi in July. (Express Photo)
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After heavy rainfall in parts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Sunday and Monday, the water level in the Yamuna in Delhi was on the rise on Tuesday, crossing the ‘danger’ mark.

At 11 pm, the water level at the Old Railway Bridge was 205.52 m, above the ‘danger’ level of 205.33 m. The level had crossed the ‘warning’ mark of 204.5 m on Tuesday evening.

The Central Water Commission (CWC) forecast indicated that the level is likely to remain above the ‘danger’ mark, at around 205.5 m at 5 am on Wednesday.

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This comes about a month after heavy rainfall in the river’s catchment area brought floods, the worst that the city has seen in 45 years, to Delhi in July. On July 13, the Yamuna in Delhi registered its highest-ever recorded flood level —208.66 m.

The maximum discharge from the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana, which determines the level of water in the river downstream in Delhi, stood at a little over 74,000 cusecs on Monday.

The discharge stood at a little more than 40,000 cusecs on Tuesday afternoon. The highest discharge recorded last month, when the floodplains were flooded, was 3.59 lakh cusecs.

Delhi had been on alert towards the end of July as well, when discharge from Hathnikund crossed 2.51 lakh cusecs on July 22. Discharge from the barrage is usually around 352 cusecs in dry weather.

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The national capital also recorded light rainfall in some parts on Tuesday. The rest of the week is set to remain dry, going by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast. In a bulletin issued on Tuesday, the IMD said that isolated heavy rainfall is likely to continue over Himachal Pradesh during the next two days, and over Uttarakhand during the next four to five days.

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