Haridwar areas face flood threat as GVK dam releases water

The water level in the Ganga rapidly rose on Tuesday noon after 3,000 cumecs of water was released from the GVK dam in Srinagar on Alaknanda river in Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal district. The river’s water level, which was at 292.2m on Tuesday morning, touched the warning mark of 293 m by evening, just 1 m away from the danger mark of 294 m.