Local BJP MLA Ajay Mahawar said water has entered the houses of the residents of Garhi Mandu and Usmanpur villages.
NEW DELHI: “This is like Venice,” a shopkeeper at north Delhi’s Monastery Market said on Wednesday as the area was flooded,with locals scampering to salvage clothes, utensils and other objects.The Monastery Market is one of the many places that have been affected due to the Yamuna river swelling to a record high. The water level in the river rose to 207.71 metres in Delhi at 4 pm on Wednesday, breaching its all-time record of 207.49 metres set in 1978, government agencies said.
According to officials, Garhi Mandu village near the Signature Bridge in Wazirabad is submerged. A majority of the people have been taken to safety and the rest are being evacuated using boats, they said.
Local BJP MLA Ajay Mahawar said water has entered the houses of the residents of Garhi Mandu and Usmanpur villages.
“The power supply was cut off around 4 am as a precautionary measure and people were assisted to move to safer places. The problem is that many of them do not want to leave their houses despite the flood. We are also providing them food and distributing relief material through boats,” he added.
The shopkeepers at the Monastery market were busy shifting their goods. “The government has not done anything. Our goods have been destroyed. This is like Venice,” one of them said, pointing towards the flooded market.Another man who runs a garments shop in the market said he had shifted the clothes to another shop owned by him in the area.
“Some people have kept their goods at a height. But if the water level rises further, they will be doomed. The Yamuna is flowing just behind the market. The water level has been rising since 9 am. No government team has come to our aid so far,” he added.
Northwest India has seen incessant rainfall for three days since Saturday, with many areas in Jammu and Kashmir,Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan recording “heavy to extremely heavy” precipitation.
Delhi witnessed its highest rainfall (153 mm) in a single day in July since 1982 in the 24-hour period ending at 8:30 am on Sunday. The city received an additional 107 mm rain in the subsequent 24 hours, exacerbating the situation.
Garhi Mandu village completely submerged
The Monastery market is one of the many places that have been affected due to the Yamuna river swelling to a record high. Garhi Mandu village near the Signature Bridge in Wazirabad is submerged. A majority of the people have been taken to safety and the rest are being evacuated using boats, officials said.