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A+ A-New Delhi: Water level in the Yamuna river on Tuesday morning crossed “danger mark” as Haryana released more water from Hathni Kund barrage. The river was flowing at 205.94 meters, 0.61 meters above the “danger mark” of 205.33 meters. The water level is expected to rise further as Haryana released 1.43 lakh cusec water on Monday evening. After meeting, he urged the people living on the Yamuna floodplains and low-lying areas to move to safer places. As a precautionary measure, vehicular movement on ‘Loha Pul’, an old iron bridge over the river connecting East Delhi to Old Delhi, was closed in view of the increasing water level..