India, March 7 -- New Delhi

The irrigation and flood control (I&FC) department found that creating reservoirs to store excess floodwater during monsoon in Delhi is not feasible, senior officials said, citing high siltation level during flooding cycles, poor land availability and very high land rates as key impediments to the project.

The I&FC, instead, batted for expediting work on dams upstream, in Himachal Pradesh and Uttrakhand, for better regulation of river flow and moderation of floods in Yamuna.

A senior government official, who did not wish to be named, said a joint management committee under the chairmanship of Central Water Commission chief sought to improve river management and flood mitigation in Yamuna between Hathnikund a...