Yamuna water recedes in Delhi, it's close to danger mark in Mathura

NEW DELHI: The water level in the Yamuna river continued to recede and was flowing below the 'warning mark' of 204.50 metres, an official said on Friday. Meanwhile, the water level in the Yamuna is inching towards the danger mark in Mathura, an official said on Friday. The Delhi government is monitoring the situation, the official said. According to the Flood Control Room, Yamuna was flowing at 204.28 metres at 1 pm on Friday.

"The water level of Yamuna is expected to further recede as Haryana has not released water from Hathni Kund barrage in large quantity," the official said. On Thursday, the river flowed below the "danger mark" of 205.33 metres.

Yamuna had reached the highest level of 206.60 metres on Wednesday morning and remained at that level for nearly seven hours. The river started receding from Wednesday afternoon and the water level was at 206.44 metres at 6 pm.

Meanwhile, the situation is opposite in Mathura. "The Yamuna has crossed the warning level and it is moving towards the danger mark,"ADM Brajesh Kumar said. He said no casualty had been reported so far. After the discharge of 8.28 cusecs of water from the Tajjewala headworks on August 18 followed by the release of water from the Hathni Kund barrage in Haryana, the impact in Mathura was visible on Thursday, he said.

Kumar said the Yamuna was flowing 56 cm below the danger mark at Prayag Ghat after crossing the warning level of 165.20 metres. The danger mark of the river at Prayag Ghat is 166 metres. Speaking on the arrangements made to tackle the situation, the officer said 31 flood posts, having doctors and veterinarians with other necessary arrangements, were either working or kept standby.

He added that though 150 boats had been requisitioned, so far only six had been pressed into service. The officer said the PAC and the state disaster relief force had been stationed in the area where floods might have an adverse impact. Only Babugadhi village of Chhatta tehsil and Panigaon village of Mant tehsil have so far been affected by floods.