Overview

• Ten river monitoring stations remain above warning levels on July 3, down from 12 a day earlier, according to the Central Water Commission.
• No sites have reached danger marks or entered severe flood categories, and all remain below historical high-water thresholds.
• The Ganga in Varanasi climbed nearly 3 metres over 50 hours to 62.28 m, submerging multiple ghats and temples while staying under its warning mark.
• Varanasi district authorities have instructed all departments to stand by and mobilised 11 National Disaster Response Force teams for relief and rescue operations.
• The CWC has issued inflow forecasts for 23 reservoirs and barrages across 10 states, raising alerts for potential downstream flooding.