Reports of more discharges by upstream barrages indicate the water level could cross the danger mark of 495 feet in Agra. In Mathura, Yamuna is already flowing some inches above the danger mark of 165 meter.

 Agra district magistrate Amrit Abhijat held a meeting of all departmental heads at the Collectorate Friday evening, to chalk out a plan of action. He said the level on Friday was 493.1 but could go up be several feet on Sunday. In the Sadar tehsil at least 20 villages would be affected, while in the urban corporation area 15 localities and colonies would be hit by the flood, he said. Shelters for those affected have been created at Khandelwal Dharamshala, ITI campus, and MD Jain Inter College, he told media persons.

Meanwhile the locals feel the flood situation could be worse than 1978 because the discharge from has been more than that year by almost a lakh from Hathini Kund and other barrages. The river bed because of heavy silting is already so high and this could make the river overflow its banks, said Surendra Sharma, president of the Braj Mandal Heritage Conservation Society.

"In 1978 the river was almost empty when the water came. But this year for almost a month now the river is full of water and when additional 1 lakh cusecs will come. There could be a real flood like situation. In the 1978 flood I was a school kid and remember we had been shifted on the rood as water almost touched the first floor of our house on the river bank close to the Strachey Bridge," recalled IT professional Harsh Gupta. His friends on the Facebook were praying the river would spare him this year.