As the flood situation in Bihar remains
critical, the Army and the Air Force have been requested to stay on alert in
case of any fatalities, reported India Today. The death toll in the flood hit state has crossed 90, as reported by Vishva Gujarat.
Two lakh people have reportedly lost their
homes in flood ravaged Bihar, as waters from Sone and Ganga rivers breached
embankments, reported Vishva Gujarat.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on Monday, spoke to chief ministers of four flood-hit states —
Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand — and assured Centre's help in
dealing with the disaster.
"I assured the chief ministers of full
cooperation from the Centre in the flood mitigation drive launched by
the states," an official statement said.
The rising water level of Ganga has affected all the districts situated
along the banks of the river in Bihar.
Ganga and five other rivers have been flowing
above the danger mark in Patna, Bhagalpur, Khagaria, Katihar, Siwan, Bhojpurand
Buxar districts, prompting officials to keep a close watch over the situation.
The Ganga river has been flowing at maximum
level (above danger mark) of the season at six places in various parts of three
districts- Digha ghat, Gandhi ghat, Hathidah in Patna, Bhagalpur and Kahalgaon
in Bhagalpur district and Buxar district, a Disaster Management Department
statement said.
Other rivers flowing above danger mark are —
River Sone at Koilwar (Bhojpur) River Punpun at Sripalpur (in Patna), while
Ghaghra remained in spate at Gangpur-Siswan in Siwan district, Kosi at Baltara
and Kursela in Katihar district and Burhi Gandak in Khagaria, it said.
Five teams of National Disaster Response
Force (NDRF) had been deployed in Patna on Sunday, while two teams in Vaishali
district to step up the relief and rescue operation in their flood-affected
riverine areas, the department said.
It was also decided to take the
flood-affected people residing in riverine areas to safer places in relief
camps where they would be provided food, water, medical facilities.
The Air Force at Gorakhpur has also been asked to be on alert so that it
can be used to drop food packets to the affected areas, if needed.
The Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar said that holidays of all the officers have
been cancelled in order to facilitate their deployment in flood affected areas.
All the DMs and SPs of flood affected
districts would keep moving in order to assess the ground realities; he said
adding that DMs would carry out aerial survey of their respective districts.
Nitish Kumar has also demanded that a team of
experts look into the problem of silt in rivers, reported Vishva Gujarat.
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