New Delhi, April 10 -- Nearly three years after the 2023 floods, the Delhi government is exploring a plan to divert excess water in the Yamuna during the monsoon into Bhatti Mines pits and six floodplain storage sites to reduce flood risk and boost groundwater recharge, officials said. According to an assessment carried out by the irrigation and flood control (I&FC) department, the 15 identified mine pits, which developed due to mining operations between 1960 and 1990, can cumulatively hold 5,200 MLD (million litres per day) or 5,200,000 cubic metres of water per day. Similarly, the storage volume of the six floodplain sites is around 13,707,500 cubic metres, a senior government official said. The official said that after the 2023 floods, t...