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Water enters homes in 22 villages by Kiran Deep

Over 60 villages of the district have been flooded with the Yamuna waters after 3.46 lakh cusecs (over the flood level) were released from the Hathnikund barrage this morning. The barrage in Chhachhrauli is about 45 km from here.

Water has entered residential areas of at least 22 villages located in low-lying areas while agricultural land in over 48 villages has been submerged after the embankments of the Yamuna were washed away at several places causing breaches in the Yamuna in Jagadhri and Radaur subdivisions.

The water released from the Hathnikund barrage will take 72 hours to reach Delhi after passing through different districts of the state.

The situation is much serious in Pauwari, Belawali, Kalesar, Belgarh, Nawazpur, Mandola, Bibipur, Jodhpur, Lal Chhapar, Sanghala, Sanghali, Gumthala, Nakub, Dayarampur, Tapimajra, Jatlana, Gumthala, and Unheri villages where water has entered homes.

The villagers have taken shelter on the roof of their houses. Many villagers are vacating their homes and shifting to safety.

The situation has been aggravated by rainfall in the district.

Link roads have been damaged at several places and agricultural land in hundreds of acres has been washed away. The breaches are attributed to unscientific mining of sand and stone in the Yamuna. The water level in the Yamuna began rising late last evening and was recorded at 2.21 lakh cusecs at 2 am.

The villagers say there are no proper arrangements to shift them to safer places or drain out water from residential areas.

But Deputy Commissioner Ashok Sangwan denied this.

He said residents of 27 villages affected by the Yamuna had been told to leave. “We are making arrangements for the villagers as per their requirement,” he claimed.