New Delhi: Delhi Metro trains are moving at a reduced speed of 30 kph across the four Yamuna bridges as a precautionary measure, the DMRC announced on Thursday due to the rising water level of the Yamuna. Inundating low-lying communities near the banks, the swelling river has surpassed the all-time record set in 1978.
The water level in the Yamuna reached 208.53 metres at 10 a.m. on Thursday.
There was a three-hour period on Thursday where the Yamuna's water level was stable, but then it began to rise again, peaking at 208.66 at 7 p.m., three metres above the 205.33 metre danger mark.—Inputs from Agencies