4,500 residents moved to temporary shelters in East Delhi :::: Yamuna crosses evacuation mark .... Rains, flood hit northern India

 Yamuna crosses evacuation mark in Delhi; 4,500 residents moved to temporary shelters 

The water level at the Old Railway Bridge was recorded at 206.22 metres by 7 pm on Tuesday, prompting the temporary closure of the bridge. 

The Yamuna river in Delhi breached the evacuation mark of 206.03 metres on Tuesday, submerging several low-lying areas and displacing thousands of residents.

  

                                 A local resident  walks along the Old Railway Bridge amid rainfall 

The rise follows heavy rainfall in the Himalayan region.

There have been large discharges of water from the Wazirabad and Hathnikund barrages, which released more than three lakh cusecs of water. 

By Tuesday morning, the release had decreased to 1.42 lakh cusecs, offering some hope of receding levels in the coming days,.

Floodwaters inundated areas such as Yamuna Khadar, Monastery Market near Kashmere Gate, Vasudev Ghat, and Yamuna Bazaar.

Gurugram chokes ,,,,, it does so in rain every year.... , 

Gurgaon was 'developed' to unchoke Delhi !! 

Every monsoon, Gurugram, the so-called Millennium City, turns into a waterworld of struggle and an emblem of apathy. 

From paralysing traffic snarls to rising dengue cases caused by waterlogging and a broken drainage system, Gurugram has become a symbol of urban civic failure. 

Planned as a satellite city to ease Delhi's burden, it now suffocates under its own mismanagement, leaving residents helpless.

         Vehicles stuck in a massive traffic jam in Gurugram on the Delhi-Jaipur highway 

The fact of the matter is bitter. And the bitter truth is Gurugram today is a poorly planned concrete jungle. 

Every monsoon, residents who have invested crores in luxury apartments in Gurugram, have to survive clogged drains, waterlogged basements, and the absence of even basic urban planning.  

North India's deluge of four decades: How swollen Himalayan rivers brought death, distress

Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and J&K bore the brunt. 

At least 400 people dead, more than a million displaced, and losses pegged at Rs 30,000 crore  

North Indian states were battered by relentless rains that turned hillsides into rivers of mud and plains into vast inland seas. 

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded 300-350 mm of rainfall within just 72 hours (end-August), almost three times the seasonal average for the period, triggering what officials and meteorologists are calling one of the worst floods to have hit North India in over four decades.

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