At the Yamuna’s monitoring point at Delhi’s Old Railway Bridge, the water level reached 204.06 metres at 8pm, just 44cm below the warning mark of 204.50 metres. Meanwhile, the Hindon crossed its warning level of 195.76 metres at 8pm at the river’s Noida base station.
The study assessed heavy metal contamination in vegetables grown on the Yamuna floodplains and the potential health risks associated with consuming them. (HT)