Delhi Schools, Colleges & Non-Essential Govt Offices Closed Till Sunday Amid Floods

New Delhi: The Yamuna River was flowing at 208.48 metres on Thursday, three metres above the danger level. The water level is expected to swell further.

The surging water levels in the river have marooned low-lying neighbourhoods and triggered heightened evacuation efforts. As many as 16,500 people from six districts have been evacuated and housed in 2,500 relief camps.

Schools, colleges, and non-essential government offices will be shut until Sunday.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has appealed to all volunteers, councillors, and lawmakers to visit relief camps and provide all possible support to the displaced people.

He has also asked people to avoid roads around the Yamuna River as the water level is increasing continuously.

The quantum of the water being sent downstream from Hathni Kund barrage in Haryana was considerably lower than earlier because rivers upstream in Himachal were no longer in spate.