Yamuna hits third highest level in six decades in Delhi; Noida faces floods too

According to the Central Water Commission forecast, Yamuna will cross the 207.40 metre mark by 8 pm on Wednesday.

Water entered homes and shops in the low-lying areas of the national capital, and parts of Noida were flooded, on Wednesday as the Yamuna river breached the 207.4-metre mark at 9 pm following more rainfall.

Vehicles in Noida's Sector 167 were submerged as the Yamuna river was in spate following heavy monsoon rains on Wednesday ,September 03, 2025. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

The level is historic because:

• This is the third highest mark that the river has hit in the six decades for which data is available with Delhi irrigation and flood control department.
• Also, this is also only the fifth time since 1963 that the Yamuna has breached the 207-metre mark; the highest being 208.66m (2023), followed by 207.49m (1978), the 207.4 this year (so far); 207.32m (2013), and 207.11m (2010).

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According to the Central Water Commission forecast, the river was expected to cross the crucial mark of 207.40-metres by 8 pm, putting the national capital and surroundigns on alert.

Yamuna was already flowing much above the dangerous mark of 205.33 metres. The warning level for Delhi is 204.5 metres.

People residing in low-lying areas of Delhi, particularly around Yamuna, were shifted to safer locations amid rising water levels. The Old Railway Bridge was also closed for traffic on Wednesday.

According to the IMD, light to moderate rainfall accompanied by light thunderstorm, lightning, and gusty winds speeding upto 30-40 kmph is very likely to occur in Delhi, the entire national capital region (NCR), and also parts of Haryana and Punjab.

‘No food, no toilets’

People who have been displaced from Delhi's Madanpur Khadar due to heavy rainfall in and are astaying under old plastic sheets are facing issues such as lack of proper toilets and even food and utensils. "All our belongings are inside. We could barely take out a few things. Women are facing a lot of problems as there are no toilets," PTI quoted Tayara, a resident, as saying.

“Families had no food or utensils and were surviving only on biscuits and buns. We could not bring our cooking essentials, and now we have no facilities to cook - we are surviving on whatever we can buy from the kiosk,” said another person.