Some residents also fear that they might not be allowed to go back. “I was born and brought up here, I went to school nearby. How can they ask us to leave and go back to our villages? We’ve set up our entire lives here,” said Govind (22), an AC repairman.
The water level is likely to fall to 205.2 m by 7 pm on Monday, which is below the ‘danger’ level of 205.33 m, as per the Central Water Commission (CWC) forecast.
In 1978, Delhi's population was only about 30 lakh. Today, we are at nearly 2 crore, and infrastructure projects and new settlements have come up along the river.
Two people also drowned in the Yamuna Sunday after they went for a swim in flood waters. They have been identified as Dheeraj (21) and Sanjeet (17). Their bodies are yet to be found.