Overview

• At the Old Railway Bridge, the Yamuna reached 205.79 metres by Tuesday morning after breaching the 205.33-metre danger mark on Monday.
• The Central Water Commission had projected a potential rise to 206.00 metres by early Tuesday as levels climbed steadily through Monday evening.
• Heavy upper-catchment rain and big releases from the Hathnikund and Wazirabad barrages are driving the surge, with Sunday flows at Hathnikund peaking near 179,000 cusecs.
• Delhi put agencies on high alert as CM Rekha Gupta reviewed defenses, 14 boats were deployed, relief camps opened in six districts, and a central flood control room began round-the-clock monitoring.
• Water entered low-lying areas such as Yamuna Bazar and officials started shifting families from the floodplains, while a nationwide CWC advisory warned of severe flooding at 15 stations across several states including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal.