New Delhi, 12/7: CM Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday called an emergency meeting on the rising levels of Yamuna in the city, officials said.
The Central Water Commission noted that the Yamuna has breached the all-time record of 207.49 metres set in 1978, and is now flowing at 207.55 metres.
The Delhi police have also imposed Section 144 of CrPC as a precautionary measure in flood-prone areas of the nation’s capital as per ANI.
While inspecting the reinforcement work earlier today, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj commented “Artificial embankments are being constructed at Delhi’s Boat Club, Civil Lines and Monastery areas where Yamuna river can cause danger.”