India has been witness to the fury of the flood over the past month as hundreds of lives have been lost and several thousand displaced in states such as Kerala and Karnataka. But to make matters worse, the water level of the Yamuna has crossed the “warning mark” in the national capital.
River Tons, Yamuna tributary in HP/UK. Video is frm Tiuni township in UK. A release of 8 lakh + cusec at Hathnikund barrage on Yamuna at 1900 hrs today ensures decadal flood in Downstream including Delhi. pic.twitter.com/IgU7GDFAs1
— manoj misra (@yamunajiye) August 18, 2019
News agency ANI reported on Monday morning that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called an emergency meeting of concerned officials to assess the preparations.