Write a report on flood in pashim champaran
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According to a state disaster department official here on Saturday, the rising water levels of Koshi, Gandak, Budhi Gandak, Ganga and Bagmati rivers are causing panic among the people living near the banks.
According to reports, hundreds of people have fled or are fleeing their homes in Supaul, Muzaffarpur, East Champaran, West Champaran, Araria and Kishanganj districts.
The Water Resources Department had issued a high alert in vulnerable districts, particularly bordering Nepal, said an official.
North Bihar districts received a record rainfall during the last 24 hours with East Champaran reporting 214.92 mm rain, Sitamarhi 154.55 mm and Muzaffarpur 125.15 mm, said a Meteorological Department officials.
In Motihari, district headquarters of East Champaran, incessant rainfall for the last four days caused waterlogging in the town. District Magistrate Raman Kumar had ordered the closing of schools and other educational institutions till July 15, district disaster officer Anil Kumar said.
Schools have also been closed in Araria and Kishanganj districts in view of the threat of flood.
Though the rising water levels have raised pressure on embankments at several places, officials claimed they were safe and there was no need to panic. The state government has alerted engineers concerned and asked them to keep 24-hour vigil.
"All engineers have been directed to be ready with necessary equipment and boulders to face any situation and protect the embankments," an official of Water Resource Department said.
The government claimed that the eastern Kosi embankment, which was breached in 2008 causing a severe flood in five districts of northern Bihar, was safe. "The embankment has been strengthened and breach repair work completed," said an official.
In 2008, more than three million people were rendered homeless in Bihar when the Kosi river breached banks upstream in Nepal and changed course. It was said to be the worst flood in Bihar in the last 50 years
Bihar flood situation remained grim as more than 88 lakh people have been affected by the deluge even though the death toll remained at 127 for the third consecutive day on Monday, state Disaster Management department said.
Altogether 13 districts have been hit by the calamity, Sitamarhi with 37 casualties, topped the list followed by Madhubani (30), Araria (12), Darbhanga (12), Sheohar (10) Purnea (nine), Kishanganj (seven), Muzaffarpur (four), East Supaul (three), Champaran (two) and Saharsa (one).
Two of the flood-hit districts - Katihar and West Champaran - have reported no deaths till date, the department said.
The disaster management department has put the total number of people hit by a flood in the state at 88.46 lakh in 1,269 panchayats of 111 blocks of the 13 districts.
Food is being prepared for the affected population at 507 community kitchens and distributed by 876 personnel equipped with 133 boats, who are assisted by 19 teams of NDRF personnel dispatched from the headquarters of its 9th battalion.
With people returning to their homes after water receding in several areas, the number of relief camps has been reduced.
Meanwhile, NDRF 9th battalion personnel successfully evacuated a three-year-old child, a snake bite victim from flood-affected Janerwa village under Banjariya block of East Champaran district on the intervening night of July 28-29, 9th battalion Commandant Vijay Sinha said in a release.
The snakebite victim was rushed to Motihari Sadar hospital after carrying out a night operation, Sinha said, adding that the child is stable.
According to Water Resources Department daily bulletin, five rivers- Bagmati, Burhi Gandak, Kamla Balan, Adhwara and Khiroi- are flowing above their danger level at nine places in Bihar.