Water level in the Yamuna today started receding though it continued to flow well above the danger level as several low-lying areas along the river remained submerged for the second consecutive day.
The water level in the river was recorded at 206.50 metres at 2 PM, which was 1.67 metre above the danger mark, officials in the Delhi Disaster Management Authority said.
Last night, the water level in the Yamuna had touched 207.32 metres. The highest water level of 207.49 m in the river in Delhi was recorded in 1978 when several areas in the city had witnessed flash floods.
Various low-lying areas along the Yamuna like Usmanpur, Yamuna Bazar, Bhajanpura, Shastri Park, Garhi Mandu, Manju ka Tila, Usmanpur Pusta, Jagatpur and several localities around Inter State Bus Terminal at Kashmere Gate remained flooded today.
The city government had set up 1,153 tents to accommodate more than 10000 flood victims.
Dikshit said government has taken adequate steps to provide relief to flood-affected families and as the water level in Yamuna was receding, the focus of the government will now be to contain water-borne and vector-borne diseases.
"The government has been successfully tackling the challenge arisen due to overflowing of river Yamuna and flood- like situation around it," she said.
The water level in the Yamuna had gone up primarily due to release of around 11 lakh cusecs of water into the river by Haryana from its Hathnikund barrage in the last four days.
