India, Sept. 16 -- New Delhi

The Irrigation and flood control (I&FC) department of Delhi is planning to upgrade its process to monitor Yamuna water levels from hourly measurements to real-time tracking, to speed up its response to the situation, government officials said.

A senior government official said that the standard water level of the Yamuna river in Delhi is currently measured at the Old Delhi Railway Bridge, to assess the threat of floods and calls for evacuation.

"An upgrade for the process of measuring the water level of Yamuna is now being considered. There is a gauge station at the Old Delhi Railway Bridge, which is part of a network of hydrological observation stations. These stations record the gauge of the water, which ...