Monsoon fury: Delhi government issues Yamuna rise warning as Hathnikund volume up | India News
Officials posted at the water services division in Dadupur of Haryana’s Yamuna Nagar district, where the administrative control of the barrage is located, confirmed that more than 2.51 lakh cusecs of water was released, forcing the engineers to shut the flow to the eastern and western Yamuna canals, which goes to Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, respectively, and directing the entire flow to the main river stream.
“The release rate had increased to 2.51 lakh cusecs on Saturday morning. Until 3pm, the water flow was still above 2.3 lakh cusecs. We had to shut the canals in the morning as the rules don’t allow us to continue feeding them beyond one lakh cusecs,” said superintending engineer Ravi Mittal.
After breaching the danger mark of 205.33 metres on Friday evening, the Yamuna water level had fallen again on Saturday. It was recorded at 205.09 metres at 7pm on Saturday.
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It generally takes about 72 hours for the water released from the Hathnikund barrage to reach Delhi. Since the river has already reclaimed its space and is flowing to the brim, officials in Delhi said the impact of the release will be witnessed in the capital in about 48 hours.
It is the first time since July 11, when 3.59 lakh cusecs of water was discharged from the Hathnikund barrage, that the release has peaked again. The heavy rain, coupled with a sustained high volume release from the barrage, had resulted in the flooding of a large number of western UP and Haryana villages and farmlands besides inundating parts of the capital. The water level in Delhi at the old railway bridge had reached an all-time high of 208.66 metres on July 13.
Another Haryana official, however, said the discharge had started falling again and had dropped to 1.73 lakh cusecs at 7pm.
