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| Flood havoc in Bihar, U.P |
| People take shelter on either side of the railway track near the Kamtaul railway station in north Bihar on Thursday after the area was flooded
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| INDIA
, 3-August-2007
2:21:37 AM |
| Nearly 45 lakh people in Bihar are reeling under the impact of floods though the overall situation showed signs of let-up on Thursday with most rivers receding.
Sources in the State Disaster Management department told PTI that the Army was on standby and Air Force helicopters and Army boats could be pressed into service for relief operations as soon as requests came in from district authorities.
Around 45 lakh people of 1,615 villages in 88 blocks spread across the districts of Darbhanga, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Muzaffarpur, Madhubani, East and West Champaran, Gopalganj, Khagaria, Saharsa, Samastipur and Supaul had been affected by the floods, the sources said. The level of all major rivers, except the Burhi Gandak and Gandak, was falling.
The floods caused extensive damage to crops and private and public property. Crops on 4.94 lakh hectares were damaged, while 30,459 houses and public property were destroyed. — PTI
K. Balchand reports:
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar returned on Thursday from Mauritius amid criticism from several quarters that he was not serious in tackling the flood situation.
The Patna High Court took note of the poor relief operations even as the Governor made an aerial survey and held an all party meeting.
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