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NEW DELHI: The rail traffic on Old Yamuna Bridge, which was stopped on Wednesday noon, was restored at 10.40am on Thursday. The decision was taken by senior railway officers, including the DRM, after the water receded to a "permissible'' limit. Regular train service will, however, be allowed under strict monitoring and under restricted speed over the 145-year-old Yamuna Bridge, a senior Northern Railway official said. "We are running trains at a speed of 5-10km/hr on the bridge,'' said a spokesperson. On Wednesday, services of over 70 trains were affected following the rising water-level in Yamuna. "All railway motormen have been informed of the situation. The water-level had touched 207.32m on Wednesday. It was at 206.83m - two metres above the danger mark - at 2pm on Thursday. The road traffic is yet to be restored on the bridge and it will be out of bounds till Friday morning, said a senior traffic police officer.

The traffic police confirmed about the massive waterlogging from the Yamuna into the Ring Road, which caused traffic jams between Chandigram Akhara and Kashmere Gate ISBT.

"Most vehicles preferred taking the extreme right carriageway, thereby reducing space of a large section of vehicles,'' said a senior traffic cop. The water however, had receded by evening and the temporary stop on heavy vehicles on Wazirabad Road was thereby lifted.