Delhi floods Highlights: Incessant rainfall leads to waterlogging, floods as Yamuna swells

Sources in Delhi Lieutenant Governor's office claimed on Friday that L-G V.K. Saxena had advised Delhi Minister for Irrigation and Flood Control, Saurabh Bhardwaj, to take his responsibilities seriously and refrain from acting in an immature, uninformed and politically motivated manner, especially at times of crisis such as the present flood situation in the national capital. The sources also claimed that the L-G had suggested Bhardwaj that he should also do good by not randomly and mischievously raking up the 'Ordinance' issue, as he has done in a tweet with the sole purpose of prejudicing the people. The Irrigation and Flood Control Regulator (No.12 in front of WHO office) on Ring Road, which is meant to stop water from entering Drain No.12, had collapsed on Thursday evening and water from the already overflowing Yamuna river started to flow back into the city through the drain, inundating the Ring Road, IP Metro Station, IP Depot, ITO, and Vikas Marg and was fast leading up to the Mathura Road and the Supreme Court complex.

Embankment at breached water regulator 80 per cent complete: Delhi L-G Office 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday inspected the work to open 5 gates of Yamuna Barrage and said that they are trying to get these gates opened and bring the situation back to normal.Talking to the reporters, Kejriwal said, "Out of 32 gates, five are shut at the Yamuna barrage that is why waterlogging is taking place in nearby areas. We are trying to get these 5 gates opened so that the water flows back to the barrage."

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said, "The flood is a natural calamity and politics should not be done on it. We cannot control water in the barrage. Water will automatically release from the barrage once it crosses the limit. The Yamuna had 1 lakh cusecs of water, which suddenly increased to 3.70 lakh cusecs the next day. As far as the release of water is concerned, we have told Arvind Kejriwal that we can control a limited amount of water in the barrage."

Anurag Thakur, LoP Jairam Thakur conduct aerial survey of flood-affected areas in Himachal Pradesh.

BJP chief JP Nadda conducts aerial survey of flood-affected areas in Himachal Pradesh.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said, "...Water entered different areas due to different reasons. Here - due to a breach (of drain regulator), at Raj Ghat due to backflow of water from a drain and at several other locations due to overflow of River Yamuna." "People will start getting relief soon, water is receding slowly...," he added.

India's first dual Elevated Cross Taxiway (ECT) and fourth runway at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) was inaugurated on July 13 by Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.

 Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Revenue Minister Atishi directed the chief secretary to seek help from the NDRF and Army to prevent flooding in Delhi due to the damage to the regulator.

"This breach is causing flooding of ITO and surroundings. Engineers have been working whole nite. I have directed the Chief Secretary to seek help of Army/NDRF but this shud be fixed urgently," he tweeted.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal inspects damaged drain regulator.

The road from Geeta Colony to Shanti Van and vice versa has been closed due to water logging. General public is requested to avoid this stretch and plan journey accordingly.

The Dam of the Ghaggar river in Haryana's Sirsa was broken earlier today amid rising water levels.

Massive traffic snarl at NH-24 near Sarai Kale Khan T-Junction in Delhi. Traffic diversions have been made in different areas of the city due to waterlogging and flooding.

 Surender Singh Yadav, Special CP, Traffi said that 4,500 police deployments have been done in all areas of Delhi.

Waterlogging was reported in Noida's Sector 92 and Sector 150.

 Commuters struggle as waterlogging at ITO continues amid rise in Yamuna water levels. 

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will visit ITO at 11 am today.

Traffic movement is closed on Bhairon Road due to overflow of drain water near Railway Under Bridge.

Delhi: Severe waterlogging on ITO road due to rise in water level of Yamuna River.

Maharashtra: Waterlogging in various parts of Mumbai due to rainfall.

Beas River overflows due to incessant rainfall in Himachal Pradesh.

Several areas of the city are reeling under flood and water-logging.

Assam: Flood situation in districts--Chirang and Bongaigaon after an increase in water level of Brahmaputra river due to incessant rainfall in different parts across the state.

Flood situation in Delhi: Waterlogging continues near Rajghat due to rise in water level in Yamuna river following heavy rains.

Delhi: People face problems due to water-logging situation on ITO road due to the increase in the water level of the Yamuna River.