Yamuna flowing above danger mark, evacuation begins in Delhi
New Delhi, Sep 26 : The Yamuna river here continued to flow above the danger level on Wednesday as the authorities started evacuating people living in the river beds.
A total of 598 people were evacuated as the water level reached 205.79 m at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, a Flood and Control Department official.
The level of the river is expected to go up as more water was released from Haryana's Hathnikund barrage in the wake of heavy rain and flash floods in parts of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.
The states have witnessed heavy downpours in the last few days due to which the water level in the rivers has increased.
The water discharged from Hathnikund barrage which provides drinking water to the national capital normally takes 72 hours to reach the city, he said.
The warning level mark of the Yamuna is 204 m and the danger level mark is 204.83 m.
Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash called an emergency meeting on Tuesday afternoon to decide on the steps to deal with exigencies.
He ordered the District Magistrates to set up tents and distribute food among those affected.
"Delhi Railway Bridge on river Yamuna is in severe flood situation and is likely to reach peak by today midnight and then slowly fall. Level is likely to be normal in the next 48 hours," read an advisory from the Central Water Commission on Wednesday.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
