Delhi: Yamuna water level recedes below danger mark

The water discharged from the barrage normally takes two to three days to reach the capital.

The water level in the Yamuna receded below the danger mark of 205.33 on Saturday morning, a day after the Delhi administration sounded a flood alert and expedited efforts to evacuate people living in the river floodplains. The water level was recorded at 205.01 metres at the Old Railway Bridge at 8 a.m. It was 205.44 metres at 1 am and 205.20 metres at 6 a.m., an official said. On Friday, with Haryana discharging more water into the river from the Hathnikund Barrage, the Delhi Police and the East Delhi district administration started evacuating people living on the floodplains of the Yamuna in the capital.