Varanasi : River water level Ganges, which had subsided after crossing the danger mark in August, has once again increased the water level for the past 10 days and the platforms and steps of the ghats along the river have been submerged.
Though the water had started receding by Sunday evening, the ghats lost contact due to water-logging in the stairs and platforms, bringing all the activities on the ghats to a halt again.
According to Sunday’s daily flood bulletin of Central Water Commission Central Ganga division, the water level in the Ganges reached the mark of 66.7 meters, which is 6 meters below the danger mark at 71.26 meters.
Since the water level has adopted a decreasing trend in the upstream Prayagraj and MirzapurHere too in the evening the water level of Ganga started decreasing very slowly. However, the rising trend is expected to continue downstream Ghazipur And BalliaWhere the river was flowing at 57 meters as against the danger mark of 57.61 metres.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Dashashwamedh Awadhesh Kumar Pandey said that the trend of rise in the water level of Ganga resumed 15 days ago, after which boat operations were stopped a fortnight ago.
The interconnection of the ghats ended a week ago as the platforms were submerged in water along with the rise in the water level of the river. place of Ganga Aarti The ghats have been shifted again to the upper platforms.
By Saturday morning, the water of the Ganges had also submerged in the entrance of the city. sheetla Temple at the old Dashashwamedh Ghat. People arriving in the city to perform Pitrupaksha rituals and their priests are forced to take shelter in upper platforms or buildings near the Ghats. The city had seen the river Ganga and its tributary Varuna ravaging the low-lying areas when the Ganges adopted an increasing trend from mid-July. By August 10, the river had crossed the danger mark.
Though the water had started receding by Sunday evening, the ghats lost contact due to water-logging in the stairs and platforms, bringing all the activities on the ghats to a halt again.
According to Sunday’s daily flood bulletin of Central Water Commission Central Ganga division, the water level in the Ganges reached the mark of 66.7 meters, which is 6 meters below the danger mark at 71.26 meters.
Since the water level has adopted a decreasing trend in the upstream Prayagraj and MirzapurHere too in the evening the water level of Ganga started decreasing very slowly. However, the rising trend is expected to continue downstream Ghazipur And BalliaWhere the river was flowing at 57 meters as against the danger mark of 57.61 metres.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Dashashwamedh Awadhesh Kumar Pandey said that the trend of rise in the water level of Ganga resumed 15 days ago, after which boat operations were stopped a fortnight ago.
The interconnection of the ghats ended a week ago as the platforms were submerged in water along with the rise in the water level of the river. place of Ganga Aarti The ghats have been shifted again to the upper platforms.
By Saturday morning, the water of the Ganges had also submerged in the entrance of the city. sheetla Temple at the old Dashashwamedh Ghat. People arriving in the city to perform Pitrupaksha rituals and their priests are forced to take shelter in upper platforms or buildings near the Ghats. The city had seen the river Ganga and its tributary Varuna ravaging the low-lying areas when the Ganges adopted an increasing trend from mid-July. By August 10, the river had crossed the danger mark.
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