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Flood relief: 75 NRDF teams operational across the country for rescue, evacuation

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed 21 flood rescue teams in Bihar and 19 teams in Uttar Pradesh, ANI reported. A total of 75 NDRF teams were operational in various parts of the country, engaged in rescue and relief work.

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This aerial view shows flooding in low-lying areas of the village of Soraon on the outskirts of Allahabad on August 25, 2016.
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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed 21 flood rescue teams in Bihar and 19 teams in Uttar Pradesh, ANI reported. A total of 75 NDRF teams were operational in various parts of the country, engaged in rescue and relief work.

On Friday, NDRF  flood rescue teams deployed in Bihar conducted rescue and relief operations and evacuated more than 1,748 personnel to safer places. Similarly, in Uttar Pradesh, NDRF teams conducted rescue and relief operations and evacuated 2,163 marooned people to safer places who were stranded.

On Friday, 14 people perished in the devastating floods in Bihar taking the death toll to 149 this monsoon while five members of a family were washed away following a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh.

In Bihar, where Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made an aerial survey of several flood-affected districts during the day, the swollen Ganga river was still flowing above the danger level.

A release by the Disaster Management Department said Bhojpur accounted for maximum 13 deaths.

The floods have been caused by overflowing Ganga, Sone, Punpun, Burhi Gandak, Ghaghra, Kosi and other rivers and have affected 32.51 lakh people in 2,018 villages under 553 panchayats of 74 blocks in the state, it said.

Ganga, though showing a receding trend, is flowing above the danger mark at seven places - Digha Ghat, Gandhi Ghat, Hathidah in Patna, Bhagalpur and Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district, besides in Munger and Buxar districts.

A total 4.16 lakh people have been evacuated so far from the 12 flood-affected districts of Buxar, Bhojpur, Patna, Vaishali, Saran, Begusarai, Samastipur, Lakhisarai, Khagaria, Munger, Bhagalpur and Katihar, the release said.

In Himachal Pradesh, five members of the family were washed away following a cloudburst in Gawaldi village of Naren Panchayat in Rampur area of Shimla district in the wee hours of Friday. The cloudburst damaged the link roads and the spot which is about 150 kms away from Shimla in the interiors of Shimla district was inaccessible.

Several rivers continued to flow above the danger mark in Uttar Pradesh with fresh rains at many places. According to a Central Water Commission report, though rivers Ganga and Yamuna have started receding in the state they are still flowing above danger mark at many places.

Despite receding waters, Ganga is still flowing above danger mark at Fafamu, Chhatnag, Mirzapur, Varanasi, Ghazipur and Ballia while Yamuna is above the red mark at Naini (Allahabad). "28 districts are still flood affected and relief and rescue operations are on," Relief Commissioner's office said.

A total of 8.7 lakh people in 987 villages in Varanasi, Allahabad, Ghazipur and Ballia are affected due to floods.

With ANI/PTI inputs.

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