Water recedes, disease threat looms

NEW DELHI: Much to the relief of the city, the Yamuna started receding by Thursday morning and its level had come down to 206.44 m by 6 pm. The river attained a peak of 207.32 m, the second highest recorded level after the floods of 1978 when it had touched 207.49 m.

"The river peaked by 7pm on Wednesday and maintained that level till about 3am on Thursday. The water is now expected to reach Mathura and the level will keep falling here. There has been no further rain in the catchment area," said officials from Central Water Commission.

Revenue secretary Dharampal chaired a high-level meeting on Thursday to discuss the fallout of the flood and relief measures. "The meeting was held to discuss how to control the outbreak of diseases in the relief camps, especially waterborne diseases like typhoid and cholera and airborne ones like chikungunya, malaria and dengue. It has been decided that anti-malaria spraying will be undertaken in the camps, fumigation against mosquitoes will be done once a day and chlorine bottles will be provided to the flood-affected families," said an official.

Delhi Jal Board has been asked to provide drinking water to all the camps. The health department and municipal corporations have been asked to maintain cleanliness and sanitation around camps to avoid any health hazard. They will also be increasing awareness about possible outbreak of diseases by distributing pamphlets.

The government claimed that the number of flood victims went up from 5,500 on Wednesday to 10,000 on Thursday. Officials said that 1,153 tents have been set up and all evacuees are being provided with food, drinking water and health services. Divisional commissioner Dharampal said more tents are being pitched even as many were still waiting at Geeta Colony bridge, Gandhi Nagar, Seelampur, Usmanpur and Garhi Mandu villages. He added that besides the authorized food contractor, NGOs and gurdwaras have come forward to provide food.

Meanwhile, in the Tibetan refugee colony at Majnu ka Tila, many houses were still partially submerged in water and families were stranded on higher floors, waiting patiently for the river to recede. There has been no electricity here for two days and thus most of the market remained closed.

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