The Yamuna was flowing close to the warning mark on Tuesday and the weather department has warned of “heavy to very
heavy” rainfall in northwest India. The water levels in the river is likely to increase due to the rainfall, reported PTI.

“The water level was recorded at 204 metres at
10 am and at 203.98 metres at 6 pm, below the warning level of 204.50
metres,” an official of the Irrigation and Flood Control department said.

On Monday, the river swelled to 204.38 metres,
which is just a metre below the danger mark of 205.33 metres.

Kudeep Srivastava, head of the regional
forecasting centre of the India Meteorological Department, told PTI northwest India is likely to experience heavy to very rainfall over the next three four days because of northward shifting of the monsoon trough.

Water was being released into the Yamuna at the rate
of 33,406 cubic metres per second (cusec) at 6 pm from the Hathnikund barrage
in Haryana’s Yamunanagar district.

One cusec is equivalent to 28.317 litre per second.

The flow rate was 7,418 cusec at 10 am, the official
said.

Normally, the flow rate at the Hathnikund barrage is
352 cusec, but the discharge is increased after heavy rainfall in catchment
areas.

The Delhi government has started evacuation and
relief operations after the overflowing river submerged many low-lying areas.

Delhi’s Water Minister Satyendar Jain had Monday
said the government was ready to deal with any flood-like situation.

“We have a flood-control system ready and it
will be activated when any situation demands it,” he said.