After Heavy Rains In The Delhi Catchment Area, The Water Level In Yamuna Rise.
The water level in the Yamuna in Delhi on Thursday rise to 203.37 meters, near the notice characteristic of 204.50 meters after hefty downpours in the upper catchment spaces of the stream, authorities said.
The organization had sounded an alarm in the low-lying regions near the waterway floodplains on Tuesday and the circumstance is being observed nonstop, they said.
“The water level was recorded at 203.37 meters at the Old Railway Bridge at 10:30 am,” an authority of the Irrigation and Flood Control Department said.
The Yamuna has swollen on account of downpours in Delhi and the upper catchment regions, he said, adding that more water is being delivered from the Hathnikund blast into the stream in Haryana’s’ Yamunanagar region.
“The stream rate crested to 1.60 lakh cusecs as of now, the most noteworthy so far this year,” the authority said.
The water released from the blast ordinarily requires two-three days to arrive at the capital.
Water was being delivered into the Yamuna at the pace of 85,879 cusecs at 10 am on Thursday. Ordinarily, the stream rate at the Hathnikund blast is 352 cusec, yet the release is expanded after substantial precipitation in the catchment regions.
One cusec is identical to 28.32 liters each second.
The water level might rise further as there is an expectation of downpours in the catchment regions, the authority said.
In 2019, the stream rate had crested at 8.28 lakh cusecs on August 18 and 19, and the water level in the Yamuna had contacted 206.60 meters, breaking the peril characteristic of 205.33 meters. The Delhi government needed to dispatch departure and alleviation activities after the spilling over waterway lowered some low-lying regions.
In 2013, the stream had expanded to 207.32 meters.