Harshit Singh
Roads in Delhi can now be reopened, and the Delhi Metro can resume regular service as water levels in the Yamuna river are decreasing. The Delhi government is also giving flood-affected families financial relief, and it wants to set up special camps for individuals who lost their IDs. The city must, however, remember the lessons from this flood and get ready for additional climate-related catastrophes. On Monday, water service should be restored to the impacted neighbourhoods.
The Yamuna River’s water levels continued to drop on Sunday, reaching below the 206-meter mark, the level at which evacuations are mandated. The irrigation and flood control department reported that the river is expected to drop below the 205.33-meter danger mark later in the night, which is a promising development before the start of the next week, when people will likely resume their work and business activities.As waterlogging cleared and the Delhi Metro resumed regular service, the Delhi Traffic Police reported that a number of additional roads, including Bhairon Marg and portions of the Ring Road, were being reopened.
Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, stated that the administration is steadily restoring normalcy by pumping water out of the last damaged regions. He stated that the government would give each flood-affected household 10,000 in financial relief, and that special camps would be set up for people whose Aadhaar cards and other important documents were lost in the water.
Poor households that reside along the Yamuna River’s banks have experienced great hardship, and in some cases, their whole home’s contents have been lost. Each flood-affected family will get a financial assistance grant of 10,000 rupees. On behalf of the schools, these will be provided to kids whose belongings were washed away, he continued.According to a government assessment, out of the 26,401 persons that were evacuated, about 21,504 were still living in 44 camps.
At 8 p.m. on Sunday, the Yamuna’s water level was 205.56 metres. At the exact same time on Saturday, the level was 206.87 metres. “We observed the effects of the heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, which caused a lot of water to be released towards Delhi. We might see a modest uptick once more because significant rain is predicted for these two states over the next two to three days, according to a met official who wished to remain anonymous.
Even though the floods may be subsiding, the last week was one of Delhi’s worst flooding spells in decades. From a policy viewpoint, this must not be overlooked. The city’s managers and policymakers must examine every failure and missed opportunity in order to get ready for the climate catastrophe, which is expected to make such incidents more acute and frequent. The national capital of India must prevent a repeat of this incident.Water service was scheduled to be restored starting on Monday to a number of locations in central, north, and west Delhi after it was cut off when plants had to close due to flooding.
On Sunday morning, the Delhi Jal Board resumed operations at the second impacted water treatment plant in Chandrawal, while work continued into the night to complete restoration of the Wazirabad facility. According to DJB authorities, the Wazirabad facility has partially reopened with water pumping beginning in West Delhi.
The central Delhi neighbourhoods of Rajinder Nagar, Karol Bagh, Ballimaran, Chandni Chowk, Patel Nagar, Palam Vihar, Delhi Cantonment, and New Delhi Municipal Council will benefit from the resumption of supplies as a result. On Monday morning, there will be some relief, according to a DJB representative.The Delhi Traffic Police said that practically all arterial routes that were under water on Sunday evening, with the exception of a section of the Ring Road between Rajghat and Shanti Van.
However, due to the roadways still being in ankle-deep water and the need for single-file traffic, they are likely to see congestion throughout Monday morning peak hours.
The traffic police claimed in a statement on Sunday night that although the ISBT Kashmere Gate remains closed, the road leading from ISBT to Civil Lines Mall Road is now open.
The government said on Sunday that all public and private schools in districts near the Yamuna river will remain closed until July 18; all other schools will reopen on Monday.”All schools (government and private) in the affected Districts of DoE — East, North East, North West-A, North, Central, and South East — shall remain closed for students on July 17 and 18,” the Directorate of Education (DoE) stated in a circular released on Sunday. “Flood relief camps are likely to continue to run in schools in the areas bordering the river Yamuna.
The Yamuna water release from the Hathnikund barrage and the reason for the flooding in the nation’s capital remained a point of contention between the BJP-led Haryana government and the AAP-led Delhi government on Sunday.
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