New Delhi, June 18
The water level in the Yamuna continues to be above the danger mark with the level at Old Railway Bridge touching 205.46 metre at 5.00 pm today.

The level had crossed the danger mark of 204.83 metre at 7.00 am today.

"The district administration of respective districts was pressed into action and asked to complete the evacuation process. It is expected that the water level would touch 207.05 metre tomorrow around noon," said a senior Delhi Government official.

Old Railway Bridge may be closed to the traffic in case the water level rises to 206 metre. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said that over 400 tents have been set up in four districts, which include 240 in east district, 100 in southeast district, 50 in central district and 30 in northeast district to accommodate the affected persons.

In all 62 boats have been kept in readiness at Boat Club and other key locations to reach out for the rescue of marooned people. The district magistrates have been directed to identify more low-lying areas in view of the rise in water level.

A junior commissioned officer of the Army would be stationed in the Flood Control Room for coordination between the Army and the administration.

"The evacuation process was supervised by the DMs, ADMs and Sub-Divisional Magistrates. (SDMs). The officials are still in the field coordinating the exercise. The Army has been requested to be on alert for helping the civil administration," said the official.

The Public Welfare Department, Irrigation, Flood and Control and corporation officials have been directed to press in service water pumps for dewatering operations. The SDMs have also been asked to ensure police patrolling and presence of civil defence volunteers in vulnerable areas.

The Disaster Control Room in the office of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority has started monitoring the situation and disseminating information through SMS alerts to all the key functionaries.

New Delhi, June 18
Eight people were injured when a lift at New Delhi House in Barakhamba Road came crashing to the ground from the fourth floor today.

The incident was reported from the 12-storey building at about 2.15 pm. Eight people out of the 14 occupants of the lift suffered injuries on their heads, shoulders and knees. They were treated at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

The elevator was headed to the eight and tenth floors when it stopped reportedly due to a system failure and came crashing down.

After the lights went out, the trapped victims screamed for help. "We were sitting at the entrance gate of the building when we heard the noise. We immediately rushed inside and found that the victims were trapped inside the lift," said a security guard of the building, Rakesh Sharma.

The building staff informed the police, who reached the site by 2.25 pm. The fire department was also informed.

A technician managed to open the elevator doors within 10 to 15 minutes.

The elevator was one of the three installed in the building in 2010.

The general secretary of Association of Apartment Owners of New Delhi House, Sunita Bhardwaj, claims that the incident was due to poor maintenance of the lift.

"Earlier also, we have filed a case against the builder who had sabotaged the lift several times. Following this the High Court had issued arestraining order against the builder, which he has violated again," she said.

New Delhi, June 18
A 35-year-old Uzbek woman was arrested by Delhi Police today for allegedly forcing two Uzbek sisters into prostitution in the national Capital for the past six months.

The accused identified as Dilfoza allegedly supplied the two victims to pimps for Rs 10,000 each every day. Both the victims are in their early twenties. The pimps sent them to at least five customers every day. One of the girls is two months pregnant.

The prostitution racket was unearthed on Sunday night, when the two victims were admitted to the South Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital. They were taken there by locals, who claimed the girls looked distraught when they were at INA Market.

The girls had managed to flee from the accused and hired a taxi to INA Market. They found it difficult to communicate with the doctors and the police at the hospital due to language barrier. However, the victims were able to inform them that they were forced into prostitution by Dilfoza.

She allegedly ran the racket from rented accommodation in Vasant Kunj, where she stayed with her Afghani boyfriend, Khalid.

New Delhi, June 18
A 21-year-old man, who had neen missing after meeting his relatives in Seelampur, northeast Delhi last week, was found dead in Sunlight Colony, southeast Delhi, today.

The police said his body was found along the banks of the Yamuna.

The deceased identified by the police as Vineet Kumar, lived with his family in Sunlight Colony. He had been missing since June 13.

His motorcycle was found abandoned at the DND Flyway. His family alleges that he was kidnapped by their neighbours to settle some.

The police, however, said that he may have committed suicide, after they questioned his female friend.

Vineet's father Rakesh said that their neighbours were threatening them with dire consequences on the issue of Vineet's brother Tanuj befriending a girl, who was the daughter of one of the neighbours. A kidnapping case was registered at the Sunlight Colony police station upon Rakesh's complaint on June 14.

The police questioned several locals, but could not establish the sequence of events. "We then questioned Vineet's female friend, who said that he was depressed. After further probing, we suspect that he committed suicide by jumping into the Yamuna from the DND Flyway," a police official said.

Rakesh told the police that Vineet had gone to visit his aunt in Seelampur and was returning home on a motorcycle on June 13. He last spoke to his mother over the phone at 6.45 pm that day. He told her that he had reached Sarai Kale Khan ISBT and was about to reach home, the official said.

But, when he didn't return home, his parents tried contacting him on his two mobile phones. Both were switched off. They contacted his friends, who said that they were unaware of his whereabouts.

Rakesh further enquired with his relatives in Seelampur, who said that they were with Vineet until ITO Ring Road. They also searched for him on a route, which they assumed he may have taken to reach home.

"We went to the Tilak Marg police station and met several traffic police officials, but they were clueless," Rakesh said. Rakesh's younger brother enquired the staff of a police control room vehicle near Sarai Kale Khan ISBT.

They said that they had found an abandoned motorcycle at the DND Flyway.

The motorcycle that was kept at the Sunlight Colony police station was identified by Rakesh.

New Delhi, June 18
An eight-member delegation today met the President of India Pranab Mukherjee and Visitor of Delhi University to urge his intervention in order to stop the implementation of the Four Year Undergraduate Programme with multiple exit points at Delhi University.

The delegation comprised eminent academicians like Prof Romila Thapar, Prof Krishan Kumar, Prof Pulin Nayak, sociologist Prof Satish Deshpande, Prof Shaswati Mazumdar, Nandita Narain, Abha Dev Habib, member, varsity's Executive Council and Shabnam Hashmi.