New Delhi, Sep 12 (Inditop.com) The rain-swollen Yamuna river is likely to cross the danger mark and flood low-lying areas along its bank in the national capital Saturday, an official said.
The water level had reached 204.55 metres by 8 a.m. Saturday, an official told Inditop. “At 204 metres, we sounded a flood alert.”
The official said all civic agencies had been told to evacuate people from low-lying areas.
A flood alert was also sounded in the capital Friday after continuous rainfall pushed up the Yamuna level. Haryana also released over 400,000 cusecs of water into the river upstream.
Last year the water level reached 206 metres, leading to the evacuation of people from slum clusters along the river bank.
The official put the number of people living in the low-lying areas along the Yamuna at thousands.
