Updated: July 13, 2023 9:51 AM IST 
New Delhi: The overflowing waters from the rising Yamuna is moving towards the low-laying areas in Kashmiri gate and civil lines on Thursday. This area is nearly a kilometers from the residence of Chief Minister Kejriwal and Delhi Assembly. The arterial Ring Road, which was submerged near Monastery Market and Kashmere Gate, is also flooded at ITO, which is one of the few routes to commute from east Delhi to Central Delhi and the heart of the city, Connaught Place Thousands of people abandoned their homes on the Yamuna floodplains as the water level of the river rose to a 45-year high of 208.05 metres Thursday.
#WATCH | Delhi: Low-lying areas near Kashmiri gate flooded due to the rise in the water level of river Yamuna. pic.twitter.com/wgSNhB669c
— ANI (@ANI) July 13, 2023
The Central Water Commission has said the water flow into Yamuna will peak around 8-10 AM on Thursday morning. Around 2 pm, it will start dropping. According to an official of the Irrigation and Flood Control Department in Delhi, the city has records of the water level at the river at the Old Railway Bridge only from 1978.
Waters are set to rise further during the course of the night before they recede starting Thursday afternoon, officials said.
The Arvind Kejriwal government had urged the centre to step in and stop the water discharge from the barrage, but the centre replied that excess water from the barrage had to be released. “I urge everyone living in low-lying areas to evacuate because the water level will rise suddenly and your life could be in danger,” the chief minister said at a press conference.
Owing to flood-like situation in parts of Delhi, the MCD’s Education Department Wednesday decided to keep ten schools in low-lying areas of Civil Lines Zone, six schools in Shahdara South Zone and one school in Shahdara North Zone shut today (July 13, 2023). Students of these schools will attend their classes online.
Delhi Traffic Police urged commuters to avoid the Ring Road stretch between Monastery and ISBT, Kashmere Gate, saying the traffic has been affected due to the overflowing Yamuna river. It also asked commuters to avoid the Ring Road stretch near the IP flyover from Rajghat to Nizamuddin carriageway as overflowing sewer water has affected the traffic.
Traffic movement has been impaired on Mahatma Gandhi Marg between IP flyover and Chandgi Ram Akhara, Mahatma Gandhi Marg between Kalighat Mandir and Delhi Secretariat, and Outer Ring Road between Wazirabad Bridge and Chandgi Ram Akhara.
Non-destined commercial vehicles will not be allowed to enter Delhi and will be diverted to Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressway.
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