"Nature Always Comes Back...": Old Illustrations Go Viral Amid Flood-Like Situation In Delhi

The Yamuna River has been above the danger mark since Sunday and surpassed the previous record of 207.49 meters on Wednesday.

The national capital is battling with an unprecedented flood-like situation caused by recent heavy rains and flooding in River Yamuna. After almost 45 years, the mighty river reached its highest levels, submerged parts of the city and forced thousands of people to evacuate from the adjacent areas.  A river never forgets! Even after decades and centuries pass, the river would come back to recapture its borders. Yamuna reclaims it's floodplain. #Yamuna#DelhiFloodspic.twitter.com/VGjkvcW3yg Nature always comes back to reclaim it's course....#DelhiFloods2023#Yamuna#RedFortpic.twitter.com/woEieUoyaN Unforgettable is the river's resilience! Through the passage of time, spanning decades and centuries, the Yamuna returns to reclaim its floodplain, reminding us of its unyielding power. #Yamuna#DelhiFloodspic.twitter.com/TDJZ4CAqWK

Now, while the water breached the danger mark and flowed into the nearby areas, pictures from the historic Red Fort emerged, showing the river reaching the walls of the heritage site. This led internet users to share before and after pictures of Yamuna that show how the river once used to flow near the back wall of the Red Fort. 

Taking to Twitter, user Harsh Vats shared the visuals of the flooded Red Fort and an image of a Mughal-era painting showing what appears to be the same area centuries ago, when the River Yamuna was flowing there naturally. "A river never forgets! Even after decades and centuries pass, the river would come back to recapture its borders. Yamuna reclaims it's floodplain," the Twitter user wrote in the caption of the post.