Yamuna
today recorded highest ever water flow in it that is 8.06 lakh cusecs
registered at Hathni Kund barrage situated in Yamunanagar of Haryana at 6
am. The
water released in Yamuna from Hathni Kund barrage after passing through the
districts include Yamunananagar, Panipat, Karnal, Sonepat, will reach Delhi
after 72 hours. As a result Yamuna will continue to play havoc in the next two
days in state and also in Delhi. The situation will further deteriorate if the
rainfall continue in the catchment area of Yamuna and also in Haryana and in
Delhi. The reason for the
rise in the water level of Yamuna is heavy rainfall in its catchment areas in
Himachal Pardesh and Uttarakhand. The overflow of Yamuna has caused damages over
50 villages maximum in Yamunanagar district and also in Panipat and Karnal districts
of Haryana so for. However rather than blaming the nature, it’s the state government
who is responsible for much damages. As Yamuna passing through Haryana has been
exploited by the mining mafia unabated for the past many years. In the
absence of any strong political will, the unscientific mining of the sand
and stone has virtually broken the backbone of Yamuna. To much apathy, the
villagers had raised the issue of unscientific mining of sand and stone;
however lack of political will nothing concrete has happened so far.
The
use of JCB machines to dig out sand and stone illegally and unscientific
manners has destroyed the water holding capacity of the river as a
result whenever there is heavy flow of water in Yamuna, it will cause breaches.
Unfortunately
mining of sand and stone has been continue along the Yamuna and other seasonal
rivulets Som and Pathrala of Yamunanagar and other districts of Haryana along
Yamuna for years. The unscientific mining at a depth of 10 to 60 feet in the river
and also on land in villages situated on the banks of Yamuna had remained checked.
Surprisingly in the absence of proper check by the
Haryana and Uttar Pardesh government, a large number of stone crushers are
still functioning both sides of Yamuna. Even one can easily evaluate the extend
of the damages continue to be caused to Yamuna from the number of vehicles carrying
sand and stone can easily be seen all along Yamuna. Even the mining of sand and
stone continue in the prohibited area along Kalesar park of Yamunanagar.
Earlier in 1978 when the Yamuna water was recorded highest 7
lakh cusecs had caused many damages in Haryana, Uttar Pardesh and Delhi.
Similarly in 2010, the water level of Yamuna was recorded 7.44 lakh cusecs and had
caused much damages in 100 villages of Haryana and also of UP and low lying
areas of Delhi.
EOM
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