“As these gates on the east end of the barrage could not be opened at the peak water level of the Yamuna, the pressure was so high that the water started spilling onto areas, roads, and colonies situated along the river in the stretch between Wazirabad and ITO barrage,” states an Irrigation and Flood Control department (I&FC) report on the flooding of 2023.There are 32 gates on the ITO barrage. Of the three barrages, the Delhi government controls only one in Wazirabad. The Okhla barrage is under the control of the Uttar Pradesh government.In 2023, due to unprecedented rainfall in the catchment area of the Yamuna, there was a huge runoff in the river.On July 13 that year, the highest flood level (HFL) at 208.66 metres was observed at the Old Railway Bridge, surpassing an earlier HFL of 207.49 metres recorded on September 6, 1978. Several areas were flooded for days, rendering many homeless.
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