![]() The same thing happened to their grandmother – and they learned it could be passed down to them. “You get into a perpetual stage of a dream.” “You’re in this gray area, in this limbo land between being awake and being asleep,” Webb said. CNNīut perhaps most strikingly, their mother couldn’t fall into a deep sleep. Alok Kumar Gupta, SDM Dadri, said that he will visit the area and take necessary actions.Hayley and Lachlan Webb learned that their mom's illness could be inherited. Additional district magistrate (finance) Atul Kumar, meanwhile, told TOI the district administration had sent a team to Chhijarsi and neighbouring villages and advised people to vacate the floodplain. We will accommodate them in nearby shelterhomes,” he said. They can contact the administration or the flood helpline number for assistance if they face problem in getting a shelter. “People are advised to remain alert and move to safe places. On Tuesday, district magistrate Manish Kumar Verma said a fresh advisory has been issued for the people living near the riverbanks. The river covers a distance of 300 km before joining the Yamuna in Momnathal village in Greater Noida. The basin area falls in Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli, Meerut, Bagpat, Ghaziabad and Gautam Budh Nagar. “This is because Hindon is a rain-fed river unlike the Yamuna, which gets discharge from higher levels.” Hindon originates from the lower Shivalik ranges in Saharanpur, UP. Aakash Vashishtha, an environment activist, said there is an increase in Hindon’s water level, but the river may not create havoc like the Yamuna. So, the water level may see a slight rise,” he said, adding on a normal rainy day, the Hindon’s water level is 198.60 m. ![]() “About 2,627 cusec was discharged from the barrage on Tuesday. According to BK Singh, the executive engineer and head of the Agra canal works division at Okhla barrage, the Hindon is currently flowing at 198.95m in Noida, below the danger mark of 205.8m. People are really concerned here,” he said. The administration has not made any shelter home in this area. ![]() “We do not know what the current water level of the river is. Kallu Singh, another resident, said a police team had come to the colony and advised people to observe precautions. There are nearly 1,600 kucha-pucca houses in this colony and all the residents are scared,” he said. I have never seen the river in such a spate. Rajendra Kumar, 70, said he retired as a mechanic from the Indian Railways and bought a piece of land in Chhijarsi colony in 2008 for Rs 3 lakh. In Chhijarsi, locals had stacked sandbags and debris outside their houses as the river swelled. “I don’t know if we will still have a roof above our heads tonight.” Hundreds of small kacha-pucca houses dot the Hindon in villages like Chhijarsi, Chotpur, Yusufpur, Kakrala, Mubarakpur, Shafipur and Momnathal, where Hindon meets Yamuna. The couple said they were scared what the night might unfold. “When we started building the house, the water was at some distance, but now it has reached our house,” Pandit said. Pandit, a mason bought the plot for Rs 2 lakh from a coloniser two years ago. A little away, Susinder Pandit and his wife watch on as the river water reaches the foundation of their house, built only 3 months back. Locals, he said, were keeping a check on the water level every hour and have been waiting for help from the administration. ![]()
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