Chandigarh:
Several villages of Haryana were inundated as 7,44,507 cusec water was discharged in Yamuna river at Hathnikund barrage in Yamunanagar district on Monday.
The amount of water discharged broke the 32-year-old record when 7,09,000 cusec water was discharged at Tajewala on September 3, 1978, officials said.
The water from the river entered agricultural land in 22 villages in the district, damaging standing crops.
The flood water has reached Karnal and Panipat districts and is likely to reach Sonepat.
The Haryana government has sought assistance of National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) for rescue operations in the state.
Meanwhile, the flood situation in neighbouring Punjab continued to remain grim with heavy in-flow of water in Sutlej river submerging villages in Ropar Patiala, Ludhiana and Anandpur Sahib.
All major reservoirs in the state, including the Bhakra dam, are full to the capacity due to heavy rains in hills.