Delhi on Flood Alert: An official confirmed that the Delhi authorities’s Central Flood Management Room issued a flood warning after 3.29 lakh cusecs of water was launched from Haryana’s Hathini Kund barrage at round 9 am on Monday. In keeping with the official, it often takes 48 to 50 hours for water from the higher barrages to succeed in the capital. Although there is no such thing as a rapid hazard, authorities are intently monitoring the scenario, and all involved companies have been instructed to take precautionary measures to cope with any attainable flood-like scenario.
The flood warning issued by Government Engineer Shiv Kumar, incharge of the management room, mentioned, “The water degree of Outdated Railway Bridge might cross the hazard degree and is more likely to exceed 206.50 metres. So, all of the Sector Officers are hereby suggested to maintain a strict vigil of their respective areas and to take needed motion at weak factors, equivalent to individuals residing throughout the river embankments, shall be warned and shifted to safer locations.”
The flood warning mentioned, “The police and the employees of Irrigation and Flood Management Division would undertake patrolling alongside proper and left marginal embankments and maintain vigil round the clock on the weak factors, regulators/pumps, as required.”
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The warning additionally listed the parameters of the outdated railway bridge, which embrace: warning degree of 204.50 metres, hazard degree of 205.33 metres and highest flood degree of 208.66 metres noticed on July 13, 2023.
An apex committee headed by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has been constituted to suggest, supervise and coordinate flood management measures within the Nationwide Capital Territory of Delhi.
To help the apex committee, a central flood management room has additionally been arrange, which is able to operate around the clock at L.M. Bund, Shastri Nagar until October 15 or until the withdrawal of monsoon.
Earlier, CM Gupta inspected a number of flood-prone stretches alongside the Yamuna, together with Asita Ghat, Yamuna Chhath Ghat, Regulator No. 12, East Delhi DM Workplace and Central Flood Management Room.
Accompanied by Cupboard Minister Pravesh Verma and senior officers, she assured {that a} complete flood preparedness plan has been ready.
The Chief Minister mentioned that reduction and rescue groups are deployed with full vigilance so that each scenario may be handled.
“I wish to guarantee the individuals of Delhi that the federal government stands with you at each step,” she mentioned.
With IANS inputs
