Arvind Kejriwal calls meeting to discuss waterlogging due to heavy rainfall, rising water level in Yamuna

New Delhi, 10/7: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss waterlogging caused by torrential rains in the city and Yamuna’s rising water levels, officials said. The meeting will be held at the Delhi Secretariat.

It will be attended by senior officials of the Irrigation and Flood Control department and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

 

Delhi recorded 153 mm of rain in a 24-hour period ending at 8:30 am on Sunday, the highest in a single day in July since 1982, the India Meteorological Department said.

 

The Delhi government issued a flood warning on Sunday as Haryana released more than one lakh cusecs of water into the Yamuna river from the Hathnikund barrage.