THAT SINKING FEELING

Yamuna recedes, but large areas still flooded, chaos continues | Kejriwal inspects worst-hit places, announces compensation

- ANUP VERMA

A GRADUAL fall in the Yamuna level on Sunday after days of severe flooding began to unveil the sufferings of those living in low-lying areas: many said they lost everything, some cried having to spend nights under a tarpaulin sheet while some were simply stunned at sudden abandonment.

No firm reply was forthcoming from the city government as people grappled with waterlogging in many parts of the national capital. Residents in waterlogged areas such as ITO, Civil Lines, Rajghat, Kashmere Gate, Yamuna Bank, Sarai Kale Khan, Pragati Maidan and Yamuna Bazar saw no help coming. A fresh spell of rain added to their despair. Traffic too crawled amid sweat and grime.