The water in the Yamuna in Delhi is expected to reach the warning level of 204 metres on Monday morning as about 47,000 cusecs of water was released upstream at Hathnikund on Saturday.
Irrigation and Flood Control Department Chief Engineer V.P.S. Tomar said all through on Saturday the level of the river at the Old Railway Bridge remained in the 203.50 to 203.56 metres range. “We are still about a metre and quarter below the danger level of 204.83 metres,” he added.
But the department is keeping a keen eye on the discharge of water upstream. “The warning level is 204 metres and that is expected to be breached on Monday morning. We will see how things pan out from there,” he said.
Rain lashes Delhi
PTI adds: Heavy rain lashed the city on Saturday, leading to water-logging and traffic jams and inconvenience to office goers and commuters.
Between 8.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. the city received 24.6 mm of rain, bringing down the temperature below normal level, the weatherman said.
Water-logging slowed down traffic near Indraprastha College, Chandgi Ram Akhara, Kela Ghat, Mori Gate, Tirth Ram Hospital, Defence Colony flyover, Pulpahladpur, Nizamuddin Khatta, Ashram flyover to Maharani Bagh and Ashram to Hari Nagar route.
Also, traffic was affected from Defence Colony to Lajpat Nagar metro station, Ring Road, Andrews Ganj Chowk, Moolchand flyover, near Rajouri Garden flyover on service road, NH-8, from Dabri bus stand towards Palam, Hanuman Mandir Chhatta Rail, Bawana Chowk to Narela, Puth Khurd, Adhchini.
The maximum temperature dipped five notches below normal to 29 degrees Celsius while the minimum was a degree below normal at 25.5. Humidity was recorded between 92 and 98 per cent.
The weatherman has forecast a generally cloudy sky on Sunday with few spells of rain or thundershowers.
