The Delhi flood control room reported a discharge rate of around 14,000 cusecs from the Hathnikund Barrage in Haryana’s Yamuna Nagar at 6 am on Wednesday. It was 19,745 cusecs at 7 pm on Tuesday.

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So far, two lakh people have been affected due to the flood while around 24,000 hectares of farmland have been hit. Of them, 1.20 lakh people in 237 villages were marooned and over 26,000 people have been evacuated.

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A total of 24 boats with 2 divers each, and 17 motorboats will be staying alert near the vulnerable locations

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Four youths had come to take bath in the Yamuna river on Thursday; three of which drowned in the river and the fourth person is yet to be found

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Issues of crop stubble burning and water-sharing agreement will be raised by the Delhi government in the Northern Zonal Council meeting scheduled to be held in Jaipur later this week, official sources stated on Wednesday

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A similar drive was conducted in 2015 on an area of 100 acres falling in the flood zone

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If your neighbourhood is suffering from water scarcity, you are not alone. As usual, the authorities are putting the blame on rivers drying up and Haryana’s actions but mismanagement by the Delhi Jal Board is also alleged  

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There’s an ugly side to celebrations, fanfare and festivity when environment bears the brunt. There has to be a sustainable way of celebrating Durga Puja Living in the little Calcutta inside Delhi — I mean Chitto Park or Chittaranjan Park — is fairly pleasant most of the year. To be woken up by soothing sitar […]

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