Rising rivers flood more Terai villages
LUCKNOW: More areas in Terai region along theUP-Nepal border and central UP were flooded aswater level of rivers flowing via Nepal continued to rise on Tuesday. The situation in Barabanki and Gonda worsened with water from the Ghaghra river, which breached an embankment at Elgin on Monday, entering more villages forcing people to shift to safer places.
Though the officials of the districts affected by the floods have launched a relief operation, they feared that incessant rains along the Himalayan foothills may aggravate the situation further. Meanwhile, the state government has ordered suspension of a chief engineer and four other engineers on charges of neglecting maintenance of the embankment at Charsari, which was constructed a few years back. Repair of Charsari embankment on Gonda-Barabanki border was underway. At least 30,000 people in parts of Barabanki, Gonda, Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Balrampur and Siddharth Nagar districts have been affected by the floods. More than 2,000 hectares of agricultural land has also been inundated, destroying paddy and cane crops.
The PAC has been deployed and districts magistrates are personally supervising the relief operations.
Officials said that no loss of life has been reported so far. "We have taken all possible relief measures including shelter and food for those displaced," said an official spokesman of Barabanki district administration. Gonda district magistrate, Ram Bahadur said the water level of the river is rising because of release of water from the dams in Nepal. "We have made all arrangements to tackle the situation. However, the next three days will be crucial as there are reports of more rains in Nepal," he said.
Water level of the Ghaghra was rising in Bahraich and Ayodhya as well. The Rapti was rising dangerously in Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar and Gorakhpur while the Sharda was in spate in Lakhimpur Kheri.
The Betwa was flowing above normal level in Jalaun and Hamirpur. The Ganga was in spate in Fatehgarh, Kanpur, Kannauj, Rae Bareli, Ballia and Allahabad. The water level of Yamuna was increasing along its route from Mathura, Agra, Etawah to Auraiya, Harmirpur, Banda and Allahabad. The Gomti river was rising in Sitapur, Sultanpur and Jaunpur.
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