Delhi Flood: DMRC Opens Entry, Exit Gates Of Yamuna Bank Metro Station After 3 Days

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) informed that the entry-exit gates were opened after they were temporarily closed on Sunday.

Access to the station was suspended temporarily for safety amid the rising water levels and only the interchange facility was available. ( Image Source :PTI )

Three days after being closed due to the rise in the water level of the Yamuna River, the Yamuna Bank metro station was opened to the public on Sunday. The station was closed on July 13 (Thursday) as the river was in spate and had swelled up to 207.71 metres on Wednesday breaking a 45-year-old record. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) informed on Sunday in a tweet that the ‘entry and exit at Yamuna Bank Metro Station are now open’. Access to the station was suspended temporarily for safety amid the rising water levels and only the interchange facility was available.

Entry and exit at Yamuna Bank Metro Station are now open. https://t.co/6vdnv1wE10

— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation I कृपया मास्क पहनें😷 (@OfficialDMRC) July 16, 2023

Although the river level is slightly above the danger mark, the water is receding and has reached 205.98 metres. Water is also receding from areas that were flooded such as the road connecting Majnu ka Tila and Kashmere Gate. According to a report by ANI, the water will recede further in a few hours and will come below the danger mark of 205.33 metres, providing relief to people whose houses were flooded.

A problem with the gates of ITO Barrage was also identified and the Delhi administration reached out to the Navy for help with jammed gates. On Friday the navy managed to open one gate ad the rest four out of 32 gates which were stuck. 

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday formed a two-member fact-finding committee to look into the jammed gates of the ITO barrage in Delhi. The move comes days after the AAP alleged that the gates of the barrage maintained by the Haryana government had jammed due to silt accumulation and said its maintenance should be handed over to the Delhi government for more efficient management.

Delhi Water Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday said the five jammed gates at the barrage were disrupting the flow of the Yamuna water. During an inspection of the barrage, Bharadwaj had said five of the 32 gates were jammed and hindering the quick drainage of river water. Khattar said the Haryana government wants to know the truth about the gates being jammed with full impartiality.