India, Sept. 5 -- Noida As the Yamuna River continues to swell, thousands of families in the Gautam Budh Nagar district have no choice but to leave homes and livestock behind.

Several low-lying areas in Sector 135, 167, 128 and others in the Noida region at large have been flooded, compelling locals to move on to safer places in the middle of the night.

On Thursday, the discharge at Okhla barrage rose to 254,478 cusec, compared to 209,968 cusec recorded a day earlier. The river level stood at 200.60 metres on Thursday morning, exactly at the danger mark, up from 200.10 metres on Wednesday.

At the Hindon, discharge remained unchanged at 6,487 cusec on both Wednesday and Thursday. Officials said water levels have stabilised since 9am, Th...