Overview

• Officials reported the Yamuna at 205.75 metres at Delhi’s Old Railway Bridge, above the 205.33-metre danger mark, with warnings it could touch 206 metres by evening.
• Delhi ordered patrols along vulnerable stretches and will halt traffic on the Old Iron Bridge (Loha Pul) after 5 pm as a precaution against fast-rising flows.
• Hathnikund barrage in Haryana recorded its highest discharge of the season at about 3.29 lakh cusecs, with authorities noting travel time of roughly 48 hours to Delhi.
• The IMD issued an orange alert for Delhi and a red alert for Gurugram, which logged 160 mm of rain in 24 hours; Gurugram directed work-from-home and online school on Tuesday, while Haryana cancelled officials’ leave through September 5.
• Punjab reported 29 rain-related deaths and over 1,000 villages affected, landslides killed several in Himachal and Uttarakhand, and the Army said it rescued more than 5,000 people and delivered 21 tonnes of relief material.