The Delhi government deployed boats and set up tents and evacuated over 1,000 families from low-lying areas along the Yamuna till Sunday morning as the river continued to flow above the danger mark of 204.83 metres in the national capital. “Sisodia took stock of the ongoing evacuation work in the low-lying areas around Akshardham and Pandav Nagar,” an official said. The deputy CM met the people living in the vicinity of the river and urged them to move to safer places, cautioning about the rising level of the Yamuna river. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday reviewed the government’s preparedness to tackle the flood-like situation in low-lying areas of Delhi. The Yamuna water level at the Hathinikund barrage had crossed the danger mark of 90,000 cusec and till 7 pm on Saturday, 5,63,186 cusec of water was released, an official had said.

Source: Hindustan Times July 29, 2018 07:13 UTC