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Delhi Metro has temporarily shut down Yamuna bank metro station and reduced speed of metro trains on four Yamuna bridges amid rising water levels in the river.DMRC said that as a precautionary measure metro trains are crossing the four Yamuna bridges with a restricted speed of 30 kmph due to rising water level of the Yamuna. The swollen river has crossed the danger mark, breaching the all-time record of 1978, flooding low-lying areas near the banks. At 10 am on Thursday, the water level in Yamuna was at 208.53 metres. «Due to rising water levels of the Yamuna, trains are passing through all the four Metro bridges on the river with a restricted speed of 30 kmph as a precautionary measure. Normal services on all corridors,» the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) tweeted. DMRC officials are «closely monitoring» the metro bridges over the Yamuna amid rising water level of the river, PTI reported.

Lt Governor VK Saxena has called a meeting of Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Thursday to discuss the flood situation in the city while CM Kejriwal has urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah that water from Hathnikund barrage in Haryana be released in a slow and pointed out manner to prevent flooding in the national capital.  Furthermore, Kejriwal on Thursday informed that rising Yamuna levels have led to the water treatment plants at Wazirabad, Chandrwal and Okhla to be shut and it could lead to a water supply issue in some areas. The highly unusual flood-like situation in Delhi can be attributed to two major factors i.e.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) last month launched a mobile application for generating convenient and hassle-free mobile-based QR-code tickets. The recently app has garnered over 1.75 lakh downloads, as announced by the DMRC.

Arvind Kejriwal on 13 July informed the three water plants Wazirabad, Chandrawal and Okhla have to be closed. He added that due to this there will be water problem in some areas of the national capital. “As soon as the Yamuna water recedes, we will try to start them as soon as possible," he said in a tweet.

It had all the makings of a scam, or so she thought. When Alka Gupta, a resident of Delhi, received a letter recently from a firm that she had not heard of before, she decided to ignore it. The letter claimed that her shares, lying unclaimed, were now worth several lakhs of rupees. This is a scam, she thought to herself, several times until it hit her. Thirty years ago, Gupta had subscribed to the initial public offering (IPO) of one of the top banks of India and had forgotten all about it.

Delhi metro operations on Thursday. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) informed that the approach road leading to Yamuna Bank Metro Station is currently inaccessible due to escalating water levels. In a tweet, DMRC said, “Due to the escalating water levels of the Yamuna River, the approach road leading to Yamuna Bank Metro Station is currently inaccessible.

Disaster Management Authority on today to discuss the flood situation in the city.  Yamuna River water has also affected the Delhi metro operations as DMRC informed that the approach road leading to Yamuna Bank Metro Station is currently inaccessible due to escalating water levels. Speaking of traffic in the national capital, the water from overflowing Yamuna has entered many areas of the city which has affected traffic on the several roads. The areas affected are Delhi's Chandgiram Akhada on ISBT road, Nigam Bodh Ghat road, Indira Gandhi Stadium road, Ring Road near ITO, GT Karnal road, Old Yamuna bridge - 'Loha Pul, low-lying areas near Kashmiri gate.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced that schools in flood-hit regions of the national capital would remain closed, with the region facing water-logging after the Yamuna river crossed danger levels due to increasing rains. «All government and private schools are being closed in the areas of Delhi where water is filling up,» the Chief Minister tweeted.

Arvind Kejriwal, his cabinet and other senior bureaucrats, was flooded. According to officials from the Public Works Department, they received information regarding flooding of the Delhi Secretariat. They said they are coordinating with the traffic police and other agencies on the situation.

Yamuna River, police started evacuations and shifted more than 750 people along with 250 cattle to safer places on Wednesday. The Yamuna water level reached 208.05 meters at 10 pm yesterday. A total of 10 schools in low-lying areas of Delhi's Civil Lines zone, 7 in Shahadra will be closed today due to a flood-like situation.

₹111.71 per kg on Wednesday. The maximum increase in retail price was ₹203 per kg in Bathinda, Punjab while the minimum rate was ₹34 per kg in Bidar in Karnataka. Among the metros, retail price of tomato quoted highest in Delhi at ₹150 per kg, followed by Mumbai at ₹137 per kg, Kolkata at ₹137 per kg and Chennai at ₹123 per kg on Wednesday.

The Economic Times.  The Delhi High Court on Wednesday permitted crisis-hit Go First airline to carry out the maintenance of aircraft leased to it while allowing the lessors to inspect the planes periodically. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, while dealing with appeals by the resolution professional (RP) appointed under the insolvency law to manage the airline against an order by a single judge, also clarified that the DGCA shall be free to act on the plan submitted by the airline for resumption of its operations.

Also read: As Yamuna water enters Delhi roads, Kejriwal warns people living in low-lying areas: 'There will be no time…’ "In light of the flood-like conditions in Delhi, the Education Department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has taken the decision to shut down 10 schools located in the vulnerable areas of the Civil Lines Zone. Additionally, six schools in the Shahadra (South) Zone and one school in the Shahadra (North) Zone will also be closed tomorrow.

Delhi flood news LIVE updates: The Yamuna water level reached 208.05 metres at 10 pm on Wednesday, Central Water Commission said. As per MCD, 10 schools in low-lying areas of Delhi's Civil Lines zone, 7 in Shahadra will be closed today due to flood-like situation.Delhi recorded a rapid increase in the Yamuna water level over the last few days.

Delhi recorded a rapid increase in the Yamuna water level over the last three days. It shot up from 203.14 metres at 11 am on Sunday to 205.4 at 5 pm on Monday, breaching the danger mark of 205.33 metres 18 hours earlier than expected.

Nafed) and the National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF) to procure tomatoes from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra and distribute them in major consumption centres. The move is aimed at cooling the price of the vegetable that has soared in the past one month.

New Delhi: The division bench of the Delhi High Court has rejected the appeal by Go First, seeking a stay on the interim order by a single judge bench on 5 July. The interim order had allowed its lessors to inspect its 30 parked aircraft. Besides, the bench comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sajeev Narula, granted the Directorate General of Civil Aviation 15 days to give approvals for the airline to resume operations.

weather improved in parts of north India after days of heavy rains, authorities on Wednesday worked on a war footing to rescue stranded tourists, restore vehicular traffic on arterial roads and prevent floodwaters from entering new areas. Twelve people died in Uttar Pradesh in rain-related incidents within a span of 24 hours ending 8 pm on Wednesday, while 18 have died in Punjab and Haryana so far, according to official data. In Delhi, the Yamuna swelled to 207.83 m on Wednesday, breaching its all-time high of 207.49 m recorded in 1978, according to government agencies.

whisky lovers are increasingly taking to imported bottled-in-origin Scotch such as Johnnie Walker and Glenlivet at the cost of premium Indian-made brands as excise policy changes have slashed price tags of imported brands by up to 30% in some key markets. This has slowed the growth of premium Indian brands such as Paul John Bold and Amrut Fusion as well as bottled in India (BII) brands such as Black & White and 100 Pipers, industry insiders said.

BJP has offered him a Rajya Sabha ticket after a meeting with Union MoS for Home Nisith Pramanik. «I am happy that they have chosen me. I will try to serve the people of the state and my region,» Ananta Rai told reporters after the news broke of his nomination by the BJP through a party notification from Delhi Wednesday morning.

Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat has informed him about the volume of water being released to Haryana from Himachal Pradesh has reduced, which in turn will impact the water level in the Yamuna. However, he said it will take some time for the water level in the river to recede. The Yamuna in Delhi swelled to 207.71 metres at 4 pm on Wednesday, breaching its all-time record of 207.49 metres set in 1978, flooding several areas and prompting Kejriwal to call an emergency meeting on the situation. In a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Kejriwal requested that «if possible, the water from the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana be released in limited speed» and pointed out that Delhi is set to host the G20 Summit meeting in a few weeks. «Following my letter, I got a call from Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who said that Hathnikund is just a barrage and there is no reservoir to store water and limit the water speed. The water volume being released from Himachal Pradesh has reduced and the situation will improve. But it will take time to reflect in the water level of the Yamuna,» he said at a press conference after the meeting.