The death toll in the monsoon mayhem in North India has reached 130 while the flow of Yamuna river in New Delhi on Wednesday crossed the danger level sending a wave of alarm among the people of the capital city.
Emergency operations are in line to rescue around 70,000 pilgrims who are stranded in the floods and the death toll in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand is likely to rise as rescue teams are still battling the floods.
Kedarnath, a Hindu holy town in the state is the most affected where around 50 pilgrims were killed, many of whose bodies are still said to be lying in debris.
Around 5,600 army personnel are deployed in the state engaged in a massive rescue operation in the flood-affected areas and around 8000 people have already been rescued from Hasil, Twanghat and Joshinath in the state.
While all eyes are on the northern Indian state, the Indian capital city is seeing a dramatic rise in levels in the river Yamuna which is flowing above the danger mark of 204.83-m Wednesday morning and is predicted to rise above 205.58-m in the evening, according to the CNN-IBN.
As the level of the river in the capital rises, majority of the low-lying areas in the city have been evacuated and the old Yamuna bridge was also been closed down due to the heavy flow of water. All emergency measures have been put in place by the administration.
