Flood situation worsens in Bihar
PTI | 07:09 PM,Sep 29,2011Patna, Sep 29 (PTI) With major rivers maintaining their rising trend, the flood situation worsened today in Bihar where 89 rpt 89 people have lost their lives due to it since the beginning of monsoon this year. Disaster management department sources said the situation had worsened in Madhubani, Sitamarhi and Darbhanga districts following heavy rains in the catchment areas in Bihar and Nepal of the Adhwara group of rivers flowing through them. Official sources said 100 villages were submerged as the river embankment eroded at Awapur in Sitamarhi district forcing thousands of people have taken shelter in high areas. Flood waters of Bagmati river damaged 681 houses at Bairginiyans and also submerged NH 77 in the district, the sources said. In Darbhanga district Kamala Balan river breached its Maharji embankment in a stretch of 300 feet, while Bagmati has inunadated more than 200 villages, they said. Central Water Commission sources said the flood waters of Ganga was receding though its water level has crossed the danger mark at some points. The river is flowing 38 cm above the danger mark at Gandhi Ghat here and 27 cm above the danger mark at Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur. The water level of Sone river is 23 cm above the danger mark at Maner here, while Punpun river is flowing 257 cm above the red mark at Sripalpur, the sources said. .
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