Camps go under, evacuees evacuated again

Owing to the rising water levels of the Yamuna, rescue officials faced a unique predicament on Thursday - they had to evacuate people not just from their homes, but also from the very relief camps meant to shelter them.

- Varun Bhandari and Aaditya Khatwani

In parts of Mayur Vihar Phase-] and Yamuna Bazaar, floodwaters pushed into tented camps by late Wednesday, leaving families scrambling once more for dry ground.

Reeta Kumari, who had already left her home in the floodplains, said she and her family were shifted twice in three days. “The tents that were set up for us were inundated on Wednesday night. All our clothes and belongings were ruined,” she said, standing in her newly allotted camp near Akshardham.