Flood Devastates Ghaziabad Homes, Residents Seek Refuge on Embankment

As of August 21st, 2025, the Yamuna River's rising water levels have caused significant flooding in Ghaziabad's Loni area, submerging homes and disrupting the lives of local residents. 22-year-old Roshni and her family have been staying on the Alipur embankment for the past two days after their house on the Yamuna floodplains was "half submerged" by the floodwaters.

Roshni recounts that the water entered their homes around 5 pm on Monday, forcing about 20-25 families whose houses were submerged to seek shelter on the embankment, living under the open sky. While food is being distributed to the displaced residents, they had to wait until Tuesday for a drinking water tanker to arrive. Roshni's family had previously experienced flooding in 2023, when their house was fully submerged, and they lost most of their household items.

The Alipur embankment serves as a crucial protection for several villages in the Ghaziabad, Baghpat, and Delhi regions. However, the area is also used by locals for farming and fishing activities. Khedu Ram, a 45-year-old boatman from Sangrurpur village, has had to stop rowing his boat due to the rising water levels, which have also damaged his agricultural produce.

The Yamuna's water levels have been fluctuating, with a discharge of around 91,012 cusecs recorded on Tuesday, which has since decreased to approximately 51,000 cusecs as of Wednesday evening. Officials from the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department and the Ghaziabad administration are closely monitoring the situation and providing assistance to the affected residents, though some have declined to be relocated from the embankment.