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Chandrashekar 03
Samiksha Madvalkar 27
Cincy Joy 29
Vaishakh Nair 35
Ketan Sahu 45
Alok Tiwary 57
 Issues
• The India’s second number largest and longest holy
river Yamuna had crossed the danger water level of
204.83 meters on Friday evening 20th August 2010
by following heavy rains.
• The water level in Yamuna has gone up after
Haryana released 7.5 lakhs cusec of water into it on
Monday, the highest discharge in last 100 years on a
single day.
• Bridge over Yamuna closed as water continues to
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 Consequences

• Crossed the Danger Level

• Abnormal Rainfall

• Settlements on the banks washed away.

 Affected areas
State % of catchment area
Catchment area(km2)
Uttar Pradesh and
uttrakhand 7,4208 21.5%

Himachal Pradesh 5,799 1.5%

Haryana 21,265 6.5%

Madhya Pradesh 1,4023 40.6%

New Delhi 1,485 0.4%

 Reasons
September the month when monsoon is supposed to
withdraw from the region has brought not only rain for
Delhi but also the possibility of floods.
• Flood alert has been sounded in the low-lying areas
here, after heavy downpours for three days caused the
water level to cross the danger mark in the Yamuna river
on Saturday.
 Distraction

• The iron railway and road bridge over the India’s holy river Yamuna
has been closed due to danger water level of the river.
• Railways stopped train services on the old Yamuna bridge at around 3 am
on Tuesday and are diverting all the trains bound for Old Delhi Railway
Station and towards the eastern part of the country through other routes,
a railway official said.
• Twenty-seven local trains have been cancelled while 58 short distance
trains like Farakka, Padmavati, Howrah Janata, Ranikhet and Lal Quila
Express have been diverted.
 Measures
• Flood Control Minister Raj Kumar Chouhan said booster pumps
have been installed in several areas along the river to pump out the
water. However, he said, there is no threat to the Games .

• Over 68 divers with 50 boats, and Disaster Management force

unit have been deployed to meet any possible occurrence.

• A total of 1,500 people from Delhi’s low-lying areas have been

evacuated from the banks of the Yamuna river and shifted to
around 160 relief camps set up by the Delhi government.
• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday announced an
advance ad hoc assistance of rupees 500 crore for Uttarakhand
State in addition to the money advanced a day earlier for the State
Disaster Response Fund.

• Indian capital city Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said In a

message to Delhiites that the “There is no need to get panic”.
“We have set up enough rescue camps and are monitoring the

• Mobile medical professionals teams and water tanks have also been
hard-pressed into service to help the flood affected people in Delhi
and NCR region.
 Conclusion
• Rain water harvesting.
• Constructing high capacity dams.
Thank you.