Commuters have been advised to avoid routes like Khan Market, Teen Murti round-about, GGR-PDR, A-Point to W-Point, Kamla Express Building, Andrews Ganj, Khanpur T-point, Under Railway Bridge at Bhairon Marg among others as roads in these areas remain water-logged.
Three youths died in Delhi's Dwarka area on Saturday after they jumped over a wall and went inside a pit made at an under-construction golf course, a police official said.
As some parts of Delhi still continued to be immersed in flood water causing waterlogging and traffic snarls, the Aam Adami Party (AAP) has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central Government of orchestrating a conspiracy to flood the city with the water of Haryana’s Hathnikund Barra
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.
SDRF Commandant Manikant Mishra said, "The state's SDRF i.e. State Disaster Response Force is leading on every front on the lines of a skilled guard. Due to the heavy rains in the state in the last few days, the general public is facing many difficult situations. Somewhere people are trapped
Notably, the Mekedatu balancing reservoir-cum drinking water project, to be constructed across the Cauvery river basin, has been at the centre of controversy between the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
He further said since several districts of Haryana bordering Delhi are receiving heavy water leading to a flood-like situation why would the state government deliberately release water?
To preserve resources, DEWA also reiterated its call to customers to use its smart initiatives and services to increase water consumption efficiency and limit waste.
Amid the rising water level of the Yamuna river which led water logging and floods in low lying areas in the National capital, the Chief Minister, on Saturday, took to Twitter and stated that the water level of the river is gradually decreasing.