The Yamuna river has reached a record width of 208.66 metres.
The national capital is grappling with an unprecedented flood-like situation due to the recent heavy rains and flooding of the Yamuna river. After nearly 45 years, the mighty river reached its highest level, submerging parts of the city and forcing thousands of people to evacuate from nearby areas.
Now, as the water has crossed the danger mark and is inundating nearby areas, pictures emerged from the historic Red Fort in which the river is seen reaching the walls of the heritage site. This led internet users to share before and after pictures of the Yamuna, showing how the river once flowed near the back wall of the Red Fort.
User Harsh Vats shared on Twitter a view of the flooded Red Fort and an image of a Mughal-era painting showing what the same area would have looked like centuries ago when the Yamuna river flowed naturally. A Twitter user captioned the post, “A river never forgets! Even after decades and centuries pass, the river will come back to recapture its borders. Yamuna has reclaimed its floodplain.” ”
Take a look below:
The river never forgets! Even after decades and centuries have passed, the river will come back to recapture its borders. Yamuna has regained its floodplain. #Yamuna#Delhi floodpic.twitter.com/VGjkvcW3yg
– Harsh Vats (@HarshVatsa7) 13 July 2023
Another user shared similar pictures and wrote, “Nature always finds its way back…#DelhiFloods2023 #Yamuna #Redfort.”
Nature always comes back to reclaim its course….#DelhiFlood2023#Yamuna#Red Fortpic.twitter.com/woEieUoyaN
– Rohit Sharma (@rohitzsharmaz) 14 July 2023
Several internet users pointed out that the areas where the river water has entered used to be floodplains of the Yamuna for centuries and they still remember their path decades later.
A third user said, “The resilience of the river is unforgettable! As time passes, over decades and centuries, the Yamuna comes back to reclaim its floodplain, reminding us of its indomitable strength.”
The resilience of the river is unforgettable! With the passage of time, over decades and centuries, the Yamuna returns to reclaim its floodplain, reminding us of its indomitable power. #Yamuna#Delhi floodpic.twitter.com/TDJZ4CAqWK
– Randhir Singh 🇮🇳 (@randirs) 13 July 2023
Meanwhile, coming back to the current situation, Yamuna river has been above the danger mark since Sunday and crossed the previous record of 207.49 meters on Wednesday. The river water also entered the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, submerging its lawns and pathways. The floodwaters of the Yamuna, which rose after the regulator of the Delhi Irrigation and Flood Control Department was damaged in Indraprastha late on Thursday night, also reached the entrance of the Supreme Court in central Delhi.
Around sixteen teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed for rescue operations in the flood-affected areas of the national capital.
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