Following days of incessant rains, the state capital on Saturday woke up to a sunnier and a clearer day.
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) at 73, ‘satisfactory’ category, at 4 pm.
However, despite the reduction in the water level of Yamuna River at 206.47 metres at the Old Railway Bridge (ORB), it still continued to flow about the danger mark of 205.33 metres. The river had caused massive flooding, submerging a lot of low-lying areas in the national capital, leading to evacuation.
The Indian Meteorological Department has forecasted partly cloudy sky on Sunday with possibility of one or two spells of very light to light rain/thundershowers at isolated places. The maximum and minimum temperature would be around 35 and 24 degrees respectively.
As reported earlier, flooding caused by Yamuna River affected nearly 18,000 people so far. An official said that the Delhi government has made 35 relief camps operational for the affected people and nearly 5,000 people were evacuated on boats in the East District.
According to the official data given by the government, 7,200 people were affected in East Delhi, with seven relief camps established in Northeast Delhi; 5,200 people with 13 camps in Southeast Delhi; 4,200 people with eight camps in Shahdara, with 30 people in one camp; and North Delhi had 1,350 affected people with six camps.