IN PICS: Yamuna Continues To Swell, Delhi On High Alert!

A woman transfers her belongings to a makeshift raft in the swollen Yamuna river following release of water from Hathni Kund barrage near Nigam Bodh ghat in New Delhi. (PTI)

A man looks on at the flooded Basantpur colony after the water level of Yamuna river rose following release of water from Hathni Kund barrage, in Faridabad. (PTI)

Media persons click pictures as the Yamuna river surges following the release of water from the Hathinikund Barrage, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Yamuna river floods a locality along its banks, following the release of water from the Hathinikund Barrage, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Residents busy doing everyday chores in a flooded locality along the banks of Yamuna river after rise in its water level. (PTI)

A flooded locality along the banks of Yamuna river after rise in its water level following release of water from the Hathinikund Barrage, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Youths take bath in the Yamuna river which is flowing abover the danger mark. (PTI)

People living in low lying areas along the banks of Yamuna river shift as water level of the river rises after the release of water from Hathnikund Barrage. (PTI)

Officials check the water level of Yamuna river as it rises after the release of water from Hathnikund Barrage, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Police barricades at the entry point of old Yamuna bridge which has been closed after the rise in the water level of Yamuna river. (PTI)

Water level in Yamuna river rises after the release of water from Hathnikund Barrage, in New Delhi. (PTI)

The residents of Yamuna ghats were moved to makeshift tents after the river continued to swell on Tuesday and was flowing above the danger level.

The rising Yamuna has swallowed the standing crops worth an estimated Rs 40 lakh of at least 200 small and marginal farmers on the outskirts of Delhi and forced them to flee the flood plains to take shelter in temporary camps set up on higher grounds.

On Monday, the river breached the danger mark of 205.33 metres. The river was flowing at 206.08 metres at 1 pm on Tuesday.

More than 10,000 people living in the low-lying areas along the Yamuna in the city were moved to 22,000 tents as the river breached the danger mark.

In 1978, the water in the river had risen to its highest-ever level of 207.49 metres, causing a devastating flood in the national capital.