Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday spoke to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and enquired about the flood-like situation occurring in various parts of the state due to recent heavy rainfall.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Friday approved the draft 'Delhi Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Rules, 2023' which is aimed at regulating the functioning of the private security agencies in the national capital.
Claiming that Delhi Legislative Assembly remains the only house in the country which has not initiated the digitization process so far, Saxena said that even eight years after the rollout of the ambitious NeVA in 2015, the government failed to implement it.
According to the statement issued by the LG's office, a compulsory meeting of the Apex Committee "should have taken place by the end of June and issued Flood Control Order."
Earlier on Thursday too, PM Modi had called Delhi LG from France and enquired about the waterlogging and flood situation in Delhi and efforts to deal with it.
Delhi LG who visited the spot to review the ongoing repair work said, “Our challenge was how to fix the bridge. Army personnel have been deployed here since morning. It was difficult because the water current was around 5-6 knots here.”
"The Engineering Core of the Indian Army with 3 officers, 6 JCOs and 45 jawans, apart from other workmen, has completed about 80 per cent of the work on restoring the Bund, the breach of which had led to the river water gushing into the drain no. 12 and damaging its regulator," an official s
The ongoing flooding woes in the national capital brought Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, who have been trading barbs in the recent past, together as the two briefed the media jointly on the previaling situation, saying, "We need to work as a team".
The water level of Yamuna has crossed the mark of 208.05 meters, exceeding the Central Water Commission's estimate of 207.99 meters late on Wednesday night, putting authorities on alert mode.