The water level of Yamuna in Delhi had touched 205.75 meters mark by 1 pm today. An alert has been sounded in the low lying areas near the river. Flood control officer Mr. D P Singh has said that the water is continuosly rising by 3 centimeters each hour due to release of water by Haryana which has released another 80,000 cusec. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has said that all measures have been taken to deal with the serious situation and people living in low-lying areas are being evacuated and moved to safer locations. She added that though Haryana has released nearly 9 lakh cusec water in last three days but there may not be much threat to the city as water has dispersed due to breaking of embankments along the route.Flood Control Minister Raj Kumar Chouhan has said over 100 booster pumps were fitted along the banks of the river to pump out water which may enter the low-lying areas. He added that the government has put up tents and camps to lodged these people and they are being provided with food. The monsoon has created havoc in Himachal Pradesh especially in Shimla and Sirmour district where the roads have been badly damaged due to land slides and heavy rain. The rivers are in spate and hundreds of vehicles remains stranded due to bad roads.The flood situation has become critical in western Uttar Pradesh after the release of more water from Hathini Kund and Haridwar barrages during past two days. More than 9 Lakh cusec of water has been released in Yamuna from Hathinikund Barrage while around 5 Lakh cusec of water has been released in Ganga. The river Yamuna is flowing more than two metres above the danger mark in Saharanpur. The road link to Haryana and Punjab has been closed for traffic. About eighteen villages have been inundated in flood water in Bijnore while the river Ramganga is also in spate due to more release of water from Narora Barrage. The flood relief operation in 105 flood affected villages continues. At least two embankments in Gonda are threatened due to raging Ghaghra. The intermittent rain and spread of disease is increasing the woes of the people. For the flood affected people, it is very hard to carry on in present situation as they had lost everything to flood water and the relief is insufficient for themselves and their cattle. The situation in Bijnore and Lakhimpur Kheri is no better. The river Rapti is about half a metre above the danger level in Gorakhpur but is on receding trend giving some relief to low-lying population. In Uttarakhand, two more person were killed in rain related incident. Meanwhile the personnel of Border road organisation and district administration are engaged to clear the debris and reopened the roads for vehicular traffic in different parts of the state. However, many highways and link roads including char Dham yatra route are still disrupted for the third consecutive day today as the landslides continue at some places.Met department has predicted that light to moderate rain may occur at some places especially in the hilly arrears of Garhwal region in coming 24 hours. In Uttarkashi district authority rescued around ten families who were stranded in Chinyali Saund due to increasing the water level of Tehri lake. Meanwhile, state minister of disaster management Khajan Das has directed the officials to provide immediate relief to rain victims. He also directed to make on the spot assessment and pay relevant compensation to those who have lost their agriculture land and cattle due to heavy rain. According to reports Uttarakhand has so far received 25 percent more rain this monsoon then the average.The flood water has washed away major chunks of national Highway 73 and 73 A in Yamuna Nagar district. Hundreds of vehicles have been stranded on highway as water is flowing nearly 3 feet deep over the road. The over-flowing Yamuna had washed away a bundh in Panipat leaving approximately 90 feet wide breach there. One lakh one thousand cusecs of water has been released from Hathnikund Barrage in Yamuna river today morning. On Thursday night more than 90 thousand cusecs of water had been released from this barrage. According to Executive Engineer of Hathnikung Barrage, the future release of water from Hathnikund depends upon rainfall in en catchment areas of northern hills.