Delhi Yamuna Floods
The unprecedented floods in Delhi have brought this crisis to national and international attention. The water level in the river Yamuna reached a record high of 208.66 meters, much above the last great flood in Delhi in 1978 – when it had reached 207.49 meters. Yamuna, before it changed its course, used to flow by the ramparts of the Red Fort and once again has arrived there. It has led to the flooding of several projects of ‘development’ – water treatment plants, the arterial ring road, rich and poor residential areas, drainage, etc. Delhi got flooded after the heavy rains stopped in the NCR because of the release of flood waters from the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana, 250 km from Delhi.
(Source: The Wire)
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