Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Saturday performed an aerial survey of flood-hit areas in Bhagalpur and Naugachia and reviewed aid and rescue operations.
In a submit on X, the CM mentioned, “Officers have been directed to make sure well timed preparations, sufficient aid provides and immediate rescue measures, with precedence given to public security and stopping any hardship to affected folks”.
Choudhary directed ministers and officers to go to flood-affected areas and carefully monitor aid and rescue operations.
The Ganga was flowing above the ‘highest flood mark’ at two locations at 10 am, posing a threat of inundation in low-lying areas within the state’s capital, a Water Sources Division bulletin mentioned.
Individuals have been requested to train warning in view of the rising water degree of the river.
BJP nationwide president Nitin Nabin mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the CM have been monitoring the scenario.
“As a result of rise in water ranges of a number of rivers, round 10.26 lakh folks in 50 blocks overlaying 201 gram panchayats throughout 11 districts have been affected by the floods,” the state Catastrophe Administration Division mentioned in a bulletin.
The affected districts are Patna, Bhojpur, Saran, Vaishali, Bhagalpur, Begusarai, Buxar, Samastipur, Munger, Katihar and Araria.
A number of rivers throughout Bihar are flowing above the hazard mark at varied locations, together with the Gandak at Dumriaghat and Hajipur, the Kosi at Baltara, the Burhi Gandak at Khagaria and the Ganga at Digha, Hathidah, Bhagalpur, Kahalgaon, Buxar and Munger, the bulletin mentioned.
The Water Sources Division mentioned the Ganga water degree at Gandhi Ghat in Patna “rose by 10 cm in 4 hours, reaching 50.53 metres, which is 1 cm above the ‘highest flood degree’ (HFL), at 10 am on Saturday”.
The earlier HFL of fifty.52 metres was recorded on August 21, 2016.
“The forecast is that the Ganga water degree at Gandhi Ghat is prone to rise additional to 50.62 metres by 8 am on Sunday. Individuals have been suggested to train warning,” the division mentioned.
At Pandarak in Patna, the Ganga water degree was at 43.78 metres at 10 am on September 5 as in opposition to its earlier HFL of 43.73 metres recorded on August 16, 2021, it mentioned.
The division additionally requested all district magistrates and superintendents of police to take precautionary measures, alert these residing on the river-facing aspect of embankments and guarantee steady patrolling by particular groups to take care of flood emergencies.
The water degree of rivers is rising in several cities following heavy rainfall within the state and neighbouring Nepal. Bihar has up to now obtained 60.8 mm of rainfall in September, which is 69 per cent above regular.
