Bihar flood situation worsens, 66 lakh hit
Overflowing rivers inundate new areas in the State; CM makes aerial survey
The flood situation in Bihar
deteriorated on Wednesday
as waters from overflowing
rivers originating in Nepal inundated fresh areas and the
number of affected people
rose to 66.60 lakh across 16
districts, a government bulletin said.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made an aerial
survey of
the affected areas of north Bihar and visited a village in
Darbhanga district, which
has been hit by the calamity.
No fresh casualty
According to the disaster
management departments
bulletin, the death toll in
flood related incidents remained at 19 as no fresh casualty was reported.
The size of the floodaffected populace, however, grew
by nearly three lakh since
Tuesday and the number of
panchayats hit by the calamity was 1,165, a rise of 13.
The number of people
evacuated from badly affected areas, till date, was 4.80
lakh, the bulletin said.
Meanwhile, the Chief Minister set off for an aerial survey of various embankments
situated along the rivers in
spate which continued for an
hour and a half before his aircraft landed at Darbhanga
airport.
Darbhanga is the district
worsthit by the deluge, accounting for seven deaths
and 18.71 lakh affected
people.
The Chief Minister visited
a school in Makhnahi village
which has been converted to
a relief campcumcommunity kitchen. He interacted
with the inmates there and
enquired about the facilities
they were receiving.
Holding a tray full of biscuit packets, Mr. Kumar offered these to the children of
the 15 families staying in the
camp with his face, covered
with a mask, betraying a
broad smile.
Social distancing
He expressed satisfaction
upon being told by the District Magistrate concerned
that social distancing and
hand hygiene were being
adequately taken care of at
the camp.
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