Terrible flood situation in Bihar, Assam and West Bengal, no relief from heavy rains at present

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For the past few days, Bihar, Assam and West Bengal have been raining heavily. Due to this, the flood situation in both the states of Bihar and Assam has become already frightening. Rivers are in spate

In many rivers, the water level is flowing above the danger mark. Water has entered the main roads and streets of districts like Muzaffarpur and Madhubani. Apart from this, all the cities are submerged in water.

The Meteorological Department has issued an alert for Vaishali and Gopalganj including Darbhanga, Sitamarhi, East and West Champaran.

On the other hand, in Assam, the situation is so terrible that more than 70 lakh people are badly affected there. There is an alert that there will be more heavy rain.

Along with Bihar and Assam, West Bengal is also suffering from heavy rains. Heavy rains in many districts including Malda, Jalpaiguri have made the flood situation more dire. Apart from being busy with public life there, floods have engulfed many tea gardens.

A report from Bihar, Assam and West Bengal on this monstrous form of flooding caused by heavy rains along with Corona.

Bihar: Millions of people forced to stay out of homes amidst floods and increasing infection

The BBC’s associate journalist Neeraj Priyadarshi from Bihar said that floods in Bihar have also caused havoc, with increasing records of Corona virus infection increasing every day.

Rivers have crossed the danger mark due to heavy rains in many districts of North Bihar.

According to the Disaster Management Department, more than three lakh people living in more than 150 gram panchayat areas of eight districts are affected by the floods. The population of over 12 thousand is out of their homes. Five relief camps are being run.

There is concern that this flood affected population will follow the ‘stay home, stay safe’ during the Corona virus infection?

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar issued a directive on Monday that awareness should be spread among the affected to follow social distancing. But this is not possible in the relief camps and in the group of affected people living in high places where people have left their homes and reached to save their lives.

Secretary of Water Resources Department Sanjeev Hans has told that “The Meteorological Department had predicted heavy rains in Bihar. There has been a lot of rain in the catchments of Bagmati and Gandak. We have been analyzing 22 stations of Nepal for the past several days. Of which 6 stations received more than 100 mm of rainfall. “

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He said, “The catchment of Gandak has received more rainfall in the last 12 hours due to which the water level has increased. The water level of Gandak is expected to increase further. DM of Bettiah, Chapra and Vaishali has been alerted about this. Bagaha. The work of removing the population has been started in the town. “

Hans said that even in Gopalganj people have been asked to go to higher areas. In the last 24 hours, the water level of Bagmati has also increased due to which the water level has increased by about 76 cm. It is 83 cm above the danger mark.

According to the water resources department, the water level of Bagmati river in Dhang is expected to increase by about 80 centimeters in the next 24 hours. It will have more effect in Runnisaidpur, there is also a possibility of increase in the water level.

The water level of the Budhi Gandak river is also rising very fast, due to which the danger of flooding has also started on the city of Muzaffarpur.

The area of ​​Kamla Balan river has also received rains in the last 24 hours, due to which there has been an increase of about 50 cm in Jaynagar of Madhubani and 85 cm near Jhanjharpur rail bridge. There is a possibility of heavy rains in the state from 20 to 22 July.

Assam: 85 people killed in floods, 70 lakh affected so far

BBC’s associate journalist Dilip Kumar Sharma from Guwahati has informed that 85 people have officially died due to the severe floods in Assam. State Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has told the media that ‘more than 70 lakh people have been affected by the Assam floods so far’.

According to a recent report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, 24 of the 33 districts of Assam are still submerged in flood waters.

The Disaster Department report states that ‘2,254 villages are completely flooded and 24 lakh 30 thousand 502 people have been affected till Monday night. The maximum damage due to floods has occurred in Dhubri, Gwalpada, Barpeta, Morigaon and Dhemaji districts.

The authority’s state project co-ordinator Pakanj Chakraborty said that “NDRF, SDRAF and local administration officials are engaged in rescue and relief work in flood affected areas. Also for those who are fully flooded 468 relief camps have been opened in different districts in which 48,107 people are staying at present. “

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According to the report of the Central Water Commission, water of Brahmaputra is flowing above its danger mark in Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Tezpur, Gwalpada and Dhubri at this time. While the tributaries of the Brahmaputra, Dhanshree, Jia Bharali, Kopili, Becky and Kushiara are in full swing.

39-year-old Shyamal Das, who lives in Rongmola village in Dibrugarh district, was in relief camps with his two children and wife for several days after the house was submerged in flood waters. For this catastrophe, Das cursed his fate, saying, “The employment routes were already completely closed due to the corona virus and now the floods have destroyed homes and farms. What to do next, nothing to think about Are getting

Actually Shyamal Das’s village is in the limelight because just two kilometers away from here is the ancestral village of the Chief Minister of the state, Sarbananda Sonowal. Floods have also caused massive destruction in the Chief Minister’s Muluk village.

While the state government, which is dealing with the floods, is claiming to provide relief and rescue work to the victims, Adalat Khan of Debriduwa village in Kamrup rural district says, “I have been in relief camp with children for the last one month but in the name of government relief But there is nothing to eat and drink. The fields and houses are submerged in the flood waters and cannot go to work due to Kovid-19. If the government does not help during such crisis then we will die of starvation. “

According to the forest department, so far 113 animals have died in Kaziranga National Park due to floods. While 140 other animals have been rescued in the national park. During this time, 9 rhinos die due to floods.

West Bengal is also in critical condition due to heavy rains

BBC’s associate journalist Prabhakar Mani Tiwari from Kolkata said that heavy rains in neighboring Bhutan for the past several days have caused flooding in many districts of North Bengal.

Apart from Bhutan, this area has also been receiving heavy rains for the last four-five days. All the rivers of the area originate from the hills of Bhutan. In such a situation, Cooch Behar, Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri areas are submerged in flood waters every year due to rain at the point of origin.

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This flood has submerged at least half a dozen tea gardens in the area, while the problem of landfall has also become serious.

Several coastal areas have been flooded after a breach in the Mahananda River embankment in Malda district. Three hundred families have been taken to safe places from there. Currently, work is on to repair the embankment. In another area of ​​the district, seven hundred families have been kept in relief camps. More than a thousand families have been taken to safer places in Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts.

North Bengal’s development minister Rabindranath Ghosh reviewed the flood situation at a high-level meeting in Cooch Behar.

He says, “Due to heavy rains in Bhutan and this region, the water level of all the rivers has risen above the danger mark. This has submerged many areas of Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri districts.”

The minister said that due to nearly ten inches of rain in Bhutan during the two days, the rivers of the area have suddenly started flowing. Due to increased water in the Hathinala river, besides Binnaguri, Banarhat and the tea gardens of the area, many parts of Jaldapada National Park have also been flooded.

The Irrigation Department has issued a red alert in all the coastal areas from Domohni to Mekhaliganj in Jalpaiguri district.

Janak Munda, who works in a tea garden in Banarhat, says, “On Monday, suddenly the water entered our homes. We have taken shelter with our family on a high place. Due to submerged low-lying areas, many families are on the banks of the National Highway Are living. The water level of Teesta river is also increasing continuously in the area and it is flowing parallel to the National Highway 10. “

Sanjay Bagchi, secretary of the Dooars branch of the Indian Tea Association (ITA), said, “Due to the lockdown, production in tea gardens had already come down to 40%. Now it is expected to fall further due to floods.” Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department at Kolkata has warned of rain in the foothills of Himalayas for the next three to four days. Due to this, the flood situation is expected to be serious.

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