The water level of the Ganges flowing through Uttarakhand’s Rishikesh has reduced over the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. The water level of the river Ganga at the Parmarth Niketan Ghat Uttarakhand has declined in the past twenty-four hours.
The Lord Shiva statue near Uttarakhand Parmarth Niketan Ashram in the holy town was partially submerged in the river on Tuesday. Today the water level has decreased and reached below the lower portion of the stone sculpture, they said.
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Rishikesh was witnessing a flood-like situation and the water level of the river rose above the danger level following heavy rainfall on Monday.
Rishikesh police barricaded tourists from going to Ganga Ghat and police rescued 20 people trapped in submerged houses in Rishikesh’s Ambagh, said officials.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had on Monday conducted an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in the state and also reviewed the increasing water level of the Ganga river in Rishikesh. He conducted an aerial survey of Mohanchatti, the disaster-affected area of Yamkeshwar block of Pauri district.
On Monday morning, Rishikesh recorded the most amount of rain in the nation for a 24-hour period, according to statistics from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), with 42.00 cm falling there.
Earlier, Chief Minister Dhami spoke with district magistrates over the phone separately to assess the damage that severe rains had brought to the State.
Meanwhile, Yamuna’s water level in Delhi followed a downward trend today morning after the river crossed the danger mark of 205.33 metres for a brief period on Tuesday following torrential rain in the river’s upper catchment areas over the past two days.
The Pranmati tributary of Pindar has also experienced flooding as a result of landslides. Landslides occurring in the higher regions of Nandakini have led to an elevation in the water level of the river downstream.
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