PATNA: With nine deaths reported from three north Bihar districts on Tuesday, the flood toll went up to 33 despite a receding trend in the water levels in the rivers flowing in from Nepal.
The latest deaths were reported from Sheohar (6), Supaul (2) and Sitamarhi (1) districts even as the number of people affected by the floods increased from nearly 25 lakh on Monday to around 26.8 lakh on Tuesday.
The water resources department reported a fresh embankment breach in Khiroi river in Jale block of Darbhanga district on Tuesday morning, which affected several nearby villages.
Chief minister Nitish Kumar, speaking in the state legislative assembly and Council on Tuesday, said breaches occurred at eight places on both embankments of Kamla river following torrential rainfall in the catchment areas of the river upstream in Nepal on July 12 and 13. The CM also made an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas for the third day in a row on Tuesday.
The state government also deputed additional DMs for relief work in the seven worst-affected districts—Sheohar, Sitramarhi, East Champaran, Madhunbani, Araria, Supaul and Purnea on Tuesday.
Water level in the swollen Bagmati showed a receding trend at all five flood gauges in Sitamarhi district on Tuesday along with the Kamla Balan, which wreaked havoc in hundreds of villages in Madhubani district, on Tuesday. The Adhwara waters also receded at two out of the three flood gauges in Sitamarhi district. However, water level in several other rivers, including Burhi Gandak and Ganga showed a rising trend at several places in north and central Bihar.
However, the number of flood-affected districts remained at 12 with five rivers, including Bagmati, Kamla Balan, Lalbakeya, Khiroi and Mahananda, flowing above the danger level.
But disaster management officials were hopeful about the situation improving in the coming days. “Our relief operations are focused on Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Darbhanga and Sheohar districts. As the water level is receding in most rivers, our relief camps and community kitchens may also reduce in the coming days, unless there is heavy rainfall in the region,” said Amod Kumar Sharan, additional secretary of the department.
Meanwhile, railway services continued to be affected in the flood-affected areas. However, the East Central Railway restored movement of trains on Darbhanga-Sitamarhi section from Tuesday evening.
The latest deaths were reported from Sheohar (6), Supaul (2) and Sitamarhi (1) districts even as the number of people affected by the floods increased from nearly 25 lakh on Monday to around 26.8 lakh on Tuesday.
The water resources department reported a fresh embankment breach in Khiroi river in Jale block of Darbhanga district on Tuesday morning, which affected several nearby villages.
Chief minister Nitish Kumar, speaking in the state legislative assembly and Council on Tuesday, said breaches occurred at eight places on both embankments of Kamla river following torrential rainfall in the catchment areas of the river upstream in Nepal on July 12 and 13. The CM also made an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas for the third day in a row on Tuesday.
The state government also deputed additional DMs for relief work in the seven worst-affected districts—Sheohar, Sitramarhi, East Champaran, Madhunbani, Araria, Supaul and Purnea on Tuesday.
Water level in the swollen Bagmati showed a receding trend at all five flood gauges in Sitamarhi district on Tuesday along with the Kamla Balan, which wreaked havoc in hundreds of villages in Madhubani district, on Tuesday. The Adhwara waters also receded at two out of the three flood gauges in Sitamarhi district. However, water level in several other rivers, including Burhi Gandak and Ganga showed a rising trend at several places in north and central Bihar.
However, the number of flood-affected districts remained at 12 with five rivers, including Bagmati, Kamla Balan, Lalbakeya, Khiroi and Mahananda, flowing above the danger level.
But disaster management officials were hopeful about the situation improving in the coming days. “Our relief operations are focused on Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Darbhanga and Sheohar districts. As the water level is receding in most rivers, our relief camps and community kitchens may also reduce in the coming days, unless there is heavy rainfall in the region,” said Amod Kumar Sharan, additional secretary of the department.
Meanwhile, railway services continued to be affected in the flood-affected areas. However, the East Central Railway restored movement of trains on Darbhanga-Sitamarhi section from Tuesday evening.
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