India, Sept. 4 -- The Yamuna continued to flow above the evacuation threshold at 207.47m at 9am on Thursday, a day after the river waters gushed into parts of north and east Delhi. The river surged to its third-highest level ever, forcing thousands to leave homes and the government to step up efforts to prevent water logging on Wednesday.

The Central Water Commission (CWC) said the water level was expected to go down to 207.32m by 8pm on Thursday. The level continued to rise through the night and somewhat stabilised around 6am at 207.48m on Thursday. It remained so until 7am and touched 207.47m an hour later.

Evacuations continued late on Wednesday in Old Usmanpur, Garhi Mendu, Yamuna Bazar, Ladakh Budh Vihar Colony, Pakistani Hindu ref...