Floods continue to wreak havoc in Uttar Pradesh, Assam claiming six more lives; situation improves in West Bengal
The death toll in Bihar floods has crossed the 300 mark with 51 people losing their lives since Sunday.
The figure of flood fatalities stood at 253 till Sunday. 1.38 crore people are battling the deluge in 18 districts of the state. Around 7.34 lakh people have been shifted to safer areas. Close to 3.27 lakh people are putting up in 1,346 relief camps.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar held a high-level ministerial meeting to take stock of the flood situation. He ordered that damaged roads be restored at the earliest.
Principal Secretary in the Disaster Management Department Pratyay Amrit said food packets were being airdropped in the inundated areas on war footing.
Train services continued to be affected as floodwaters have overtopped tracks.
Meanwhile, the figure of flood causalities rose by three each in Assam and Uttar Pradesh on Monday, even as the situation improved in West Bengal with the water level of rivers receding.
The overall situation in Uttar Pradesh is grim. Three more deaths have pushed the flood toll to 72, the state relief commissioner’s office said.
Over 20 lakh people have been hit by the current spell of floods in 24 districts of the state. 2,688 villages are under water.
A flood report said 43,602 people have take shelter in relief camps in the affected districts of eastern UP, whipped by the raging waters of the rivers emanating from Nepal. Army choppers, NDRF and PAC (flood) jawans continued relief and rescue operations round-the-clock in the severely hit areas of the flood-affected districts of the state.
Three more lives were lost in Assam floods while 14.36 lakh people are bearing the brunt of the flooding in the 12 affected districts.
Water is receding from human habitation and agricultural fields though over 76,000 hectares of farmland with standing crops is still inundated in the 12 districts.
More than 46,000 people are putting up in 125 relief camps.
Meanwhile, the situation in West Bengal improved further with the water level of rivers receding and no major rainfall recorded in the last 24 hours.
Aamir plea
Superstar Aamir Khan on Monday appealed to people to contribute towards Bihar Chief Minister’s Relief Fund in the wake of the floods.
Aamir said he is confident that the government is taking necessary steps to overcome the flood situation.
Nature is not in our hands, but we can definitely do something to help, he said.
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