Amid the heavy rainfall in Uttar Pradesh and the rise in the water level of the Yamuna river, the district administration issued a flood alert in Prayagraj on Wednesday, reported PTI.
The district administration has said that 87 health teams have been deployed to help the people.
According to a report by Dainik Jagran, there has been a rapid rise in the water level of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers, which has increased the concern of the people living in the floodplain areas.
Apart from Yamuna, water has reached even closer to the settlements situated on the banks of the Ganga. The water level of the Yamuna continued to rise at the rate of 8 cm per hour till Tuesday evening.
The report further added that the water level of Yamuna increased by 111 cm between 8 am on Monday and 8 am on Tuesday.
This resulted in an increase of 95 cm in water level in Chhatnag, after Sangam. Due to this, water spread far and wide in the Kachhari area till Jhunsi.
An irrigation department report said that the water level of the Yamuna river increased by 8 cm per hour in the late evening. At the same time, the water level of the Ganga river in Phaphamau increased by 0.25 cm per hour.