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Home Minister Amit Shah Speaks To Gujarat CM, Delhi LG; Enquires About Flood-Like Situation, Yamuna Status

Shah also had a discussion with Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K S🌳axena about the water level in the Yamuna river.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Sunday a🥃nd enquired about the flood-like situation in various parts of the st☂ate.

Shah also had a discussion with Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K❀ Saxena abo🌞ut the water level in the Yamuna river.

"Spoke to Gujarat🌌 CM Shri @Bhupendrapbjp Ji about the flood-like situation occurring in various parts of the state due to the recent heavy rainfall. Also had a di🎃scussion with LG of Delhi, Shri VK Saxena Ji about the water level in the Yamuna river. Ample numbers of SDRF and NDRF teams are available to help the people in need," the home minister said on Twitter.

Heavy t🍌o very heavy rains pounded several districts in Gujarat's southern and Saura✅shtra regions on Saturday, triggering a flood-like situation in urban areas and isolating villages amid the water level in dams and rivers surging to danger levels.

The water level of the Yamuna in Delhi breached the danger mark again on Sunday following a surge in the discharge from the Hathnikund barrage into the river after heavy r🎶ain in parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

A further increase in the water level of the river is likely to impact the relief-and-rehabilitation work in the flood-affected low-lying areas of𒊎 the national capital, officials said.

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