Haryana, September 20: In view of the heavy rains in the hills of Himachal Pradesh and neighbouring Haryana, the in-flow of water at Hathnikund barrage in Yamunanagar district of Haryana has increased forcing authorities to release additional water in Yamuna river. Delhi faced fresh flood threats on Monday with nearly seven lakh cusecs of water being discharged into the Yamuna river from the Hathini Kund barrage in neighbouring Haryana.
Nearly 7.44 lakh cusecs of water has been released by Haryana, which is expected to reach Delhi by Wednesday.The water level in the Yamuna reached 205.48 metre, .65 metre above the danger mark of 204.83 metre.
Continuing rains in the national capital are also contributing to the water level. The national capital has recorded 59.2 mm of rains in the last 24 hours till 8.30 a.m. Monday morning.
According to officials from the Flood Control Department, the water has broken a record of nearly 30 years.Officials said on Sunday adding that the in-flow poses fresh flood threats in some pockets of Yamunanagar, Ambala, Karnal, Panipat, Sonepat district and outer areas of Delhi.
“I have never seen so much water in the Yamuna ever since 1979, this is the highest,” an official from the flood control department told .
With people having been evacuated from the river bed and adjacent low lying areas earlier, the flood control department says rescue boats and booster pumps are not required.
The situation was also bad in Ludhiana, Ropar, Patiala and Anandpur Sahib in Punjab as Sutlej was in spate in the wake of heavy rains in upper hills in neighbouring Himachal Pardesh.
However, other parts of Punjab and Haryana were dry with no rainfall activity recorded barring Rohtak, which was drenched by 11.2 mm of rains.
The Met had forecast moderate to heavy rains at a few places in Punjab and Haryana.
—Agencies