Yamuna water level sees marginal rise after rainfall in catchment areas; set to dip today

Till around 6 am Monday, the water level in the Yamuna at the Old Railway Bridge, in keeping with the pattern seen over the last three days, had fallen to around 205.45 m. The level then began to rise again, marginally, reaching 205.94 at 6pm, and 206 m by 10 pm, data from the Central Water Commission (CWC) showed. The CWC forecast indicated that the level is set to fall once again to around 205.63 m by 9 am on Tuesday.

The river, which hit its highest-ever recorded level of 208.66 m on Thursday, has been receding gradually over the past three days. However, it has remained above the ‘danger’ mark of 205.33 m.
A senior CWC official said, “The slow rise was mostly because of rainfall in the local catchment area, including areas in Uttar Pradesh. There was some contribution of water from the Hathnikund barrage as well, but the discharge was not very high.”

On Sunday, the hourly discharge from the Hathnikund barrage peaked at around 68,247 cusecs at 1 pm. This is well below the peak discharge of around 3.59 lakh cusecs recorded on July 11.

Atishi tweeted on Monday: “Due to heavy rainfall yesterday in some parts of Haryana, the water level of the Yamuna is rising slightly. The Central Water Commission has estimated that it could reach 206.1 m by tonight. There is no danger to the people of Delhi from this. But people living in relief camps are requested not to go back to their homes yet, and return to their homes only once the water level is below the danger mark.”

The Yamuna in Delhi has been flowing above the ‘danger’ mark for about a week.