The Water Resources Deaprtment said the floods in Bihar have been affected 40 lakh people in 2,189 villages
On Wednesday, State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) rescue operations were underway in Gaya, due to the floods in Bihar, even as the situation appeared to be easing with the water level of swollen Ganga flowing below the danger mark.
On Tuesday, it was reported the death toll rose to 205, due to the floods. According to the Water Resources Department, for the first time in a fortnight, on Tuesday the water level of Ganga is flowing below the danger mark in the seven places being monitored in Bihar.
On Tuesday, the water level of the river receded in Kahalgaon, while the water level had already receded at Digha ghat, Gandhi ghat and Hathidah in Patna district and Buxar, Munger and Bhagalpur, a couple of days ago.
The rivers still flowing above the danger mark included Kamlabalan at Jhanjharpur and Kosi at Baltara in Khagaria district, the statement said.
The flood has affected 40 lakh people in 2,189 villages of 613 panchayats of 79 blocks in 12 districts, the Water Resources Deaprtment said. About 3.17 lakh people have been evacuated from the flood-hit Buxar, Bhojpur, Patna, Vaishali, Saran, Begusarai, Samastipur, Lakhisarai, Khagaria, Munger, Bhagalpur and Katihar districts, the statement said.
The government has deployed 2,973 boats for evacuation while national and state disaster response forces have already been deployed in the affected districts.
With the flood situation easing, the numbers of relief camps have reduced to 378 from 652 that were being run till Tuesday. Around 1.98 lakh people have taken shelter in the 378 camps, which are being provided medical services by 589 teams.
A total of 210 camps are being operated for cattle affected by flooding of households. 86 cattle have died so far in the floods.
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