IN PICS: Yamuna Water-Level Rises Further In Delhi, Inundates Low-Lying Localities; 10,000 People Evacuated

This combination of pictures created on August 20, 2019, shows (top) Hindu devotees standing near the Baba Balak Nath Mandir temple on December 28, 2018 and (bottom) the top of the same temple almost covered by water in the overflowing Yamuna River in New Delhi on August 20, 2019. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain and Xavier Galiana / AFP)

On Monday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the water level in the river is likely to rise further with more discharge from the Hathnikund barrage by neighbouring Haryana. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

In view of the rising level of water, authorities in Delhi have shut the Old Iron Yamuna Bride for vehicular and rail traffic. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

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.. ((Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

People living in the floodplain of the river have been moved to over 22,000 tents set up at safe places by various Delhi government agencies. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

A man walks in flood water in a residential area near the banks of the overflowing Yamuna River in New Delhi on August 20, 2019. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

The River Yamuna in the city continued to swell on Tuesday and was flowing above the danger level, an official said. In the picture, a girl looks at flood water in a residential area near the banks of the overflowing Yamuna River in New Delhi on August 20, 2019. ((Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

More than 10,000 people living in low-lying areas along the Yamuna in the city were evacuated by the government agencies as the river after the river breached the danger mark. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

The river swelled up to inundate the low-lying localities based near the river. A man walks in flood water in a residential area near its banks. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)

The river was flowing at 206.08 metres at 1 PM. A woman carries a child in flood water in a residential area near the banks of the overflowing river on Tuesday. (Photo by Sajjad Hussain / AFP)