Delhi flood news LIVE updates: Yamuna water level reaches 208.05 metres; LG calls DDMA meeting
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.
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. The Delhi police has also imposed section 144 CrPC as a precautionary measure in the flood-prone areas in Delhi.
According to the Delhi government as part of its evacuation plan, a total of 16,564 people living in low-lying areas have been evacuated to safer places and 14,534 are living in tents/shelters, across the city. Yesterday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wrote a letter to Central Water Commission, a government body to take urgent measures to mitigate the imminent crisis.Catch all the LIVE Updates hereDelhi flood news: As parts of Delhi close to the Yamuna battles an overflowing river, police and other agencies on Wednesday evacuated more than 750 people and more than 250 cattle, officials said.In one such incident, a man was found perched on a tree by a police team patrolling in a boat to track if anyone was trapped.
It was later found that he had been sitting there for 22 hours to save himself, the police said.From making public announcements, using drones to track down trapped people and animals, to arranging boats for rescue operations, Delhi Police personnel, including senior officers, have been on the ground coordinating with different agencies. Thousands of people have been moved to safer areas as water gushed into
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