The vehicles parked in the yard were seized due to non-payment of insurance premiums, officials said.
New Delhi:
In a shocking video that has gone viral, over 400 cars are seen submerged up to their roofs in a yard in Greater Noida because of a rise in the water level of the Hindon river.
The video, which was shot near Suthiyana village in Greater Noida, shows row after row of parked white cars, with the water just inches from their roofs.
Officials said the water level of the Hindon rose suddenly around 3 pm today, flooding the yard, where cars seized due to non-payment of insurance premiums were parked.
The water also flooded homes close to the river and villagers and other people trapped in low-lying areas are being evacuated to safer areas, police officials said.
Noida and other parts of the National Capital region witnessed light to moderate rainfall in the early hours today. As of noon today, the Yamuna river continued to flow slightly above the danger mark of 205.33 metres. The level at noon was 205.4 metres. The Hindon river is a tributary of the Yamuna.
“For Delhi, we don’t have a significant rainfall warning but we can continue to expect high moisture and high temperature. Delhi also may get light to moderate rain. We don’t have any warning for Delhi but some rain will start from the night of July 25,” RK Jenamani, a scientist from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
The IMD has issued alerts for Maharashtra, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The weather forecaster said heavy to very heavy rainfall is continuing in the Saurashtra-Kutch region, Madhya Maharashtra, Goa and coastal Karnataka. The flood situation in Gujarat is likely to improve as rainfall has reduced in the state over the past 24 hours, the ANI report stated.
