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The consequences of the floods have been devastating, with over 27,000 people evacuated from their homes.

After wreaking havoc on lives and livelihoods in parts of Delhi close to it, the swollen Yamuna followed a downward trend on Saturday morning, albeit at a slow pace of a few centimetres per hour

The Delhi Police and the East Delhi district administration have started evacuating people living on the floodplains of the Yamuna in the capital.