Bihar flood: 51 people killed in 24 hours, floods in old Gandak, danger of flood increased on Muzaffarpur and Samastipur city
Patna / Muzaffarpur: The situation of flood in North Bihar is still frightening, while situation is improved in Simanchal. Due to the breakdown of the Rajwada dam and the old Gandak the leak of Muzaffarpur city and the Korah dam has increased the risk of flooding on Samastipur city.
At the same time, water has entered again in several villages of Madhuban in eastern Champaran. The embankment of the Jiva river was broken in Bahedi of Darbhanga. The operations of trains on the Samastipur-Darbhanga rail section are still closed. According to the Department of Disaster Management, the number of deaths has increased to 253. 51 more people have died in the last 24 hours. So far, 57 people have died in Araria district, while 31 deaths have been reported in Sitamarhi district. Six people died in Gopalganj and two in Saran on Sunday.
After the breakdown of the Rajwada dam, the danger of floods has increased in two dozen gali of five wards of Muzaffarpur city. The administration introduced the ward number 45, 46, 47, 48 and 49 to stay safe and secure on Sunday night . The leak also started from the late night soda godown and the big Kothia dam. Here, the water of the flood is continuously moving towards the east and south-west direction.
By late evening, water had entered in 20 villages of Mushahri block. With this more than one lakh population was affected. All the victims had taken refuge in the Rajwada dam. After the mushri form dawns near a culvert in the morning, the danger of collapsing has increased. Engineers of the Water Resources Department are engaged in preventing leakage of water by putting boulders near the culvert. People say that if the bridge breaks, then the eastern part of the urban area can drown low-lying areas like BMP 6, Malighat.
Broken dam in 125 meters
Dinesh Kumar Chaudhary, Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department said that the Rajwada dam has broken up in about 125 meters. To prevent the erosion of both sides, the team of 70 people has been engaged in repairing the dam. Here, DM Dharmendra Kumar and SSP Vivek Kumar were frozen near the dam since morning. In the afternoon, Principal Secretary for water resources development Arun Kumar Singh reached the spot and gave the DM the necessary guidelines. He also rebuked an engineer
flood water entered in Mushahari police station and the hospital
After breaking the dam, Manika’s mind is completely on the boom. Flood water crossed the Muzaffarpur-Pusa route and entered the Mushahari Station and PHC. It is being told that water has penetrated completely in Dasarath BEd College. Due to this the college has been evacuated. At the same time, water has entered into 14 acres of National Liberty Research Center, causing a loss of millions.
Due to the pressure of water on the Samastipur-Darbhanga line, the operation of trains is also closed for the second day. The trains are being run from Samastipur. Pressure on the embankment of old Gandak river passing through Samastipur city is constantly increasing. Continuous monitoring of the embankment is being done by the administration.
The water levels of rivers in Darbhanga are stable. It is believed that in the next few hours, water incident can start, after the Bagmati in Sitamarhi, the water of Lakhandai river is also gradually stabilizing, so people have breathed a lot, but people do not own their houses yet. coming back. The water level of rivers in eastern Champaran is now increasing towards normal. On the Nakatyagiganj-Muzaffarpur rail section, where the railway track was broken, the repair has started.
Even in Kosi area of Madhubani district the flood situation has not started to normal. At the same time, people have returned to their homes due to less water level in Benipatti, Lokahi and Jhansarpur. The trouble of flood water in Motihari city has not been reduced. Here water is flooded in some new areas of the city. The old Gandak water in the Madhuban block is a panic in constant pressure.
