Delhi floods: Red Fort closed for visitors till July 14

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Water reached on the Ring Road at the backside of the Red Fort on Thursday as the Yamuna river continued to flow above danger level, and all the shops around Kashmere Gate will remain closed until Sunday due to the flood situation. Due to the rise in the water level of Yamuna and resultant inundation of low-lying areas, traffic movement has been impaired on Mahatma Gandhi Marg (Ring Road) between IP Flyover and Chandgi Ram Akhara, Mahatma Gandhi Marg between Kalighat Mandir and Delhi Secretariat and Outer Ring Road between Wazirabad Bridge and Chandgi Ram Akhara, while the area near Nigam Bodh Ghat was also flooded.

Traffic on the GT Karnal Road in the national capital was also thrown out of gear as the Yamuna waters breached the warning mark. Meanwhile, a police van was seen stuck in flood water near Delhi’s Kashmere Gate on Thursday as the Yamuna River overflowed and Chandgi Ram Akhada Chowk area of Delhi witnessed severe flooding.

Several areas of the city are reeling under flood or flood-like situations due to the rise in the water level of River Yamuna. The water level at 1 pm was recorded as 208.62 metres, it was found to be the same even at 2 pm.

In a tweet, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said that trains are passing through all four Metro bridges on the river (Yamuna) with a restricted speed as a precautionary measure. «Due to rising water levels of the Yamuna, trains are passing through all four Metro bridges on the river with a restricted speed of 30 kmph as a precautionary measure.

Normal services on all corridors”, DMRC said in a tweet. MD of Sushruta Trauma Centre, Government of Delhi at Metcalf Road, Dr Suresh Kumar told ANI that 40 patients were shifted to LNJP hospital as flood water entered the