Allahabad : Thousands of people fled their homes to safer places as rivers Ganga and Yamuna yesterday swelled alarmingly, and flowed a metre above the danger mark, inundating low-lying areas in the city.
The water level of both the rivers hovered around 86-mt and was rising a centimetre an hour, officials said.
As both the rivers rose menacingly flooding several low-lying areas, thousands fled their homes in search of safety.
Some shifted to upper storeys of their houses, the officials said.
Panic struck Allahpur locality following a breach in an embankment erected to protect a sewage treatment plant, the officials said adding the gushing water was threatening to wash away a sluice gate.
Residents were seen plugging the breach with the help of sacks full of sand as the spectre of flood loomed large over the city.
The water level of both the rivers hovered around 86-mt and was rising a centimetre an hour, officials said.
As both the rivers rose menacingly flooding several low-lying areas, thousands fled their homes in search of safety.
Panic struck Allahpur locality following a breach in an embankment erected to protect a sewage treatment plant, the officials said adding the gushing water was threatening to wash away a sluice gate.
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