The floods in parts of Haryana is due to the highest discharge ever in the river Yamuna at the Hathani Kund barrage where the discharge was of over 8.06 lakh cusecs on June 17 at 6 a.m. This is the all time high in the recorded history of river Yamuna.
The last two highest discharges were over 7.44 lakh cusecs in 2010 and 7.09 lakh cusecs in 1978. Also, such a heavy discharge has never been observed in the month of June.
A spokesman o f the Irrigation Department said that in district Faridabad, the discharge to the tune of 75,000 cusecs was running near village Basantpur on June 18 and was rising. It increased to 2.50 lakh cusecs on June 19 by 3 a.m. which is also increasing. Effective measures have been taken to protect the river embankments. The total length of river Yamuna in district Faridabad is 50 kms.
As the flood waters of river Yamuna have reached Palwal after crossing Delhi, the district administration and the State Government claimed that they are fully geared up to meet any eventuality and Army has been alerted and is in full readiness with adequate number of motor boats and life saving jackets to save precious lives.
Additional Chief Secretary and Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Krishna Mohan said that he was himself monitoring the situation and was in constant touch with the senior officers of the Army as well as the district administration. The concerned officers and officials of the district administration are fully prepared with equipment to meet any eventuality. In Palwal, the water had entered two villages of Mewlipur and Indiranagar thus affecting a total of 350 families who have been shifted.
He said that the flood situation in district Yamunanagar is almost normal as flood water in river Yamuna has receded and relief supplies are being given to the affected people by the District Red Cross Society and voluntary organisations.