Bihar floods: Over 5 million people affected
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01 Sep 2013, 04:57 PM
Patna: There was no let up in the fury of floods in over a dozen Bihar districts on Sunday with major swollen rivers, including the Ganga, affecting more than five million people, officials said.
Bihar floods: Over 5 million people affected
According to the state government, the toll in floods this year has gone up to 132. "Major rivers, including the Ganga, Sone, Budhi Gandak, Kosi and Gandak, are not showing receding trend so far, a bad news for hundreds of thousands of people affected by floods," said an official of the Central Water Commission.
In Patna, the Ganga was flowing above the danger mark but District Magistrate N Saravana Kumar said that the city was safe from flood. "There was no need to panic," Kumar said.
Reports from Bhagalpur, Buxar, Begusarai and Munger, Khagaria districts said that flood situation has worsened with the swirling Ganga causing havoc in over 1,000 villages.