Yamuna flows above danger level

NEW DELHI: The Yamuna continued to flow above the danger mark in Delhi even as city agencies stayed on alert, placing sand bags to prevent the river water from flowing into the low-lying areas with several localities situated on the floodplains continuing to be inundated and hundreds still living in relief camps set up on roads along the eastern banks of the river

According to the Central Water Commission (CWC), the water level in the river recorded at the Old Yamuna Bridge dropped by a few points-from 206.57 metres at 4 am to 205.94m at 10pm - but it was yet to go down the danger level of 205.33m.With the water being released at the Hathinikund barrage dropping to 50,000 cusecs from 200,000 cusecs on Saturday, the commission has predicted that the river may go down to 205.75m by 2am on Tuesday. Rail operations at the colonial Yamuna bridge, which were stopped on Sunday night in view of the rising water levels, resumed on Monday as the volume of water being released into the river went down, officials said.