Delhi floods: Regulator that led to flooding at ITO to be fixed in next 3-4 hours: Arvind Kejriwal. Top 10 updates

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Marg till evening. Traffic can be witnessed on NH 44." 6. CM also said that the water level of the Yamuna has started going down and people are expected to get relief soon.

He added that flooding of Rajghat was due to backflow of a drain in the area. 7. Floodwaters of the overflowing Yamuna reached the entrance of the Supreme Court in Central Delhi on Friday as the regulator of the Delhi Irrigation and Flood Control Department at Indraprastha suffered damage on Thursday evening.

8. The Delhi Chief Minister and Revenue Minister Atishi directed the chief secretary to seek help from the NDRF and Army to prevent flooding in Delhi due to the damage to the regulator. Kejriwal said involving the Army and NDRF will speed up repair work.

9. Delhi Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Atishi on Friday said that the water level of Yamuna river is receding gradually at a rate of 0.1 metre and will take a day’s time for the situation to return to normal. Minister Atishi said that this difficulty is not due to a person or situation but due to incessant heavy rainfall in North India.

10. Many commuters complained of waterlogging at several places causing problems to the traffic. "I have never seen this scenario earlier.

We want this problem should be tackled as soon as possible," said a commuter in Delhi's ITO area. Another commuter in the area said that many are facing issues while going to office. “I have never seen this level of water logging.

We are facing a lot of difficulties in going to the office," he said. Another commuter in Delhi's Supreme Court area said, “I am coming from Laxmi Nagar area. There is no auto, or bus running.

We are facing a lot of problems in travelling. I am going to Bal Bhawan by walking. I walked almost