New Delhi: Incessant rains since early Saturday morning continue to wreck havoc in Delhi. Threat of a flood looms large along Yamuna as the overnight rains have caused the river to rise above the danger mark of 204 metres after 2 lakh cusecs of water was released from Hathnikund barrage on Thursday.
The Delhi government has put its officials on alert in case a need arises to evacuate people from the hutments along the banks of the river.
Meanwhile, the city witnessed chaos on Saturday. Water logging of streets were reported from major parts of the city like Badarpur, Siri Fort Road and Qutub Minar. Despite being a weekend, Saturday morning saw major traffic snarls. The un-cleared debris on roads due to construction work for the Commonwealth Games further added to water logging.
And although the rains bought down the city's temperature, Delhiites had a harrowing time on Friday evening as traffic was brought to a near standstill by the rains.
On Saturday, the Delhi Traffic Police reported numerous jams all over the city after choked drains -- blamed partly on Commonwealth Games construction work -- flooded roads.
At many traffic junctions, harried traffic policemen drenched in rain guided motorists struggling to wade through slushy water. It was the third consecutive day of monsoon rains in Delhi.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the city got 31.7 mm of rainfall from Friday morning till 8.30 am on Saturday.
The capital has received a total 617 mm of rainfall this monsoon.
(With IANS inputs)
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