1 2 Prayagraj : The water level in both Ganga and Yamuna , which was receding until 12 noon at all three measuring points of city, has become stable in the evening. This shows little possibility of immediate relief to thousands of families affected by the flood. As the water level is decreasing at a slow pace, the discharge from the upstream barrages into the Ganga is still a worry for the administration.
Because of this discharge, the water level in both rivers has become stable. The water level in the Ganga at Phaphamau had receded in comparison to Tuesday and was recorded at 83.83 metres at 8 am.
However, the same at 4 pm became stable at 83.77 metres. Likewise, the Ganga at Chhatnag was flowing at 82.
65 metres and at 4 pm, the water level was at 82.64 metres. Similarly, the Yamuna at Naini was flowing at 83.
04 metres, which had receded by around 76 cm compared to Monday, and was stable at the same level. As such, people are still staying in the flood relief camps. Around 2.
96 lakh cusecs of water was released from Kanpur barrage on Tuesday and 2.73 lakh cusecs was released from the barrage on Monday. On normal days, 3 lakh cusecs of water is released from the barrage, which is not much, but at this time, due to the floodplain of the Ganga being full, the flood like conditions is likely to prevail for a few more days.
Likewise, 1.62 lakh cusecs of water has been released from Narora and 80.31 thousand cusecs of water from Haridwar in the Ganga.
The water released from Naro.