Yamuna Floods Low-lying Areas

A swollen Yamuna flooded low-lying areas along the riverbanks in Delhi on Tuesday, prompting authorities to evacuate hundreds of people and suspend rail traffic movement on the Old Yamuna Bridge.

An evacuation alert has been declared for people living in the low-lying areas near the Yamuna banks in Delhi with the water level in the river rising to 206.11 metres, well above the danger mark of 205.33 metres and the highest this year so far.

Uttar Pradesh news: A woman and her daughter were killed after their mud house collapsed in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district due to heavy rain on Wednesday night. Two other children were also injured in the incident. Several places in eastern Uttar Pradesh have been getting heavy rainfall on and off for the past few days and both the Ganga and the...

A family has decided to live in a boat near their home after the water level of Ganga and Yamuna crossed the critical mark on Wednesday causing low-lying areas to be flooded.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that he was relieved that people living in the low-lying areas were timely evacuated to safety and no deaths took place.

More than 10,000 people living in low-lying areas along the Yamuna in Delhi were evacuated by government agencies as the river breached the danger mark on Monday evening, officials said.

The Delhi government today sounded a flood alert for the city and asked people in low-lying areas to vacate their place as the water level neared warning level in the Yamuna river, officials said.

With the Yamuna crossing the warning mark of 204.00 metre today, Delhi government swung into action and told people residing in low-lying areas to stay alert for evacuation.

As many as 13 people were killed in separate incidents in Uttar Pradesh today as rising rivers continue to flood low-lying areas around the banks in several part of the state.

Thousands of people fled their homes to safer places as rivers Ganga and Yamuna yesterday swelled alarmingly, and flowed a metre above the danger mark, inundating low-lying areas in the city.

Forced to live in relief camps on sidewalks due to the swollen Yamuna river, thousands of residents of Delhi's low-lying areas are facing a double whammy as they reel under intense heat, threatened by the possibility of an epidemic when the water recedes.

The water level in the Yamuna started receding in Delhi since this morning but stayed above the danger mark of 204.83 metres. Many low-lying areas in the city also remained inundated, a government official said.

The Delhi government has begun evacuating people from low-lying areas along the banks of the Yamuna River in the capital after 8.06 lac cusecs of water was released from Hathnikund barrage in Haryana.

Due to incessant rains, the river in Delhi is flowing above the danger level, swamping the low-lying areas in the national capital.

With flood water in Yamuna entering various low-lying areas due to continuous rains, Delhi government has begun evacuating people residing in these localities.

A swollen Yamuna flooded low-lying areas along the riverbanks in Delhi on Tuesday, prompting authorities to evacuate hundreds of people and suspend rail traffic movement on the Old Yamuna Bridge.

An evacuation alert has been declared for people living in the low-lying areas near the Yamuna banks in Delhi with the water level in the river rising to 206.11 metres, well above the danger mark of 205.33 metres and the highest this year so far.

Uttar Pradesh news: A woman and her daughter were killed after their mud house collapsed in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district due to heavy rain on Wednesday night. Two other children were also injured in the incident. Several places in eastern Uttar Pradesh have been getting heavy rainfall on and off for the past few days and both the Ganga and the...

A family has decided to live in a boat near their home after the water level of Ganga and Yamuna crossed the critical mark on Wednesday causing low-lying areas to be flooded.

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that he was relieved that people living in the low-lying areas were timely evacuated to safety and no deaths took place.

More than 10,000 people living in low-lying areas along the Yamuna in Delhi were evacuated by government agencies as the river breached the danger mark on Monday evening, officials said.

The Delhi government today sounded a flood alert for the city and asked people in low-lying areas to vacate their place as the water level neared warning level in the Yamuna river, officials said.

With the Yamuna crossing the warning mark of 204.00 metre today, Delhi government swung into action and told people residing in low-lying areas to stay alert for evacuation.

As many as 13 people were killed in separate incidents in Uttar Pradesh today as rising rivers continue to flood low-lying areas around the banks in several part of the state.

Thousands of people fled their homes to safer places as rivers Ganga and Yamuna yesterday swelled alarmingly, and flowed a metre above the danger mark, inundating low-lying areas in the city.

Forced to live in relief camps on sidewalks due to the swollen Yamuna river, thousands of residents of Delhi's low-lying areas are facing a double whammy as they reel under intense heat, threatened by the possibility of an epidemic when the water recedes.

The water level in the Yamuna started receding in Delhi since this morning but stayed above the danger mark of 204.83 metres. Many low-lying areas in the city also remained inundated, a government official said.

The Delhi government has begun evacuating people from low-lying areas along the banks of the Yamuna River in the capital after 8.06 lac cusecs of water was released from Hathnikund barrage in Haryana.

Due to incessant rains, the river in Delhi is flowing above the danger level, swamping the low-lying areas in the national capital.

With flood water in Yamuna entering various low-lying areas due to continuous rains, Delhi government has begun evacuating people residing in these localities.