Patna: The Bihar federal government has actually appeared a sharp for flooding in north and main components of the state adhering to hefty discharge of water from Birpur battery on Sunday, authorities claimed.
A total amount of 6.61 lakh cusecs of water was launched from Birpur battery on Kosi river till 5 am, the highest possible in 56 years. According to the current publication by the state Water Resources division, the last time the optimum water released from this battery was 7.88 lakh cusecs of water in 1968.
The advancement might intensify the problem of over 16.28 lakh individuals in 13 areas, that were currently influenced by inundation adhering to hefty rainfall.
Similarly, 5.38 lakh cusecs of water was launched from Valmikinagar battery on Gandak till 7 pm onSaturday This is the highest possible water released from this battery after 6.39 lakh cusecs launched in 2003. Traffic activity has actually been quit near the Kosi battery as a safety net.
“The teams of the Water Resources Department are monitoring the embankments on a 24/7 basis…so prompt action can be taken as soon as any erosion or danger is detected. Three superintending engineers, 17 executive engineers, 25 assistant engineers and 45 junior engineers of the department are working on a 24/7 basis and they are always alert”, the authorities claimed.
“The water level of rivers Gandak, Kosi, Bagmati, Burhi Gandak, Kamla Balan and Mahananda and Ganga– has been rising across the state, following continuous rainfall over the past two-three days. Incessant rainfall in the catchment areas of Nepal has led to rivers touching or flowing above the danger level at several places in the bordering districts,” the elderly authorities claimed.
Authorities from Nepal launched 5.40 lakh cusecs of water in Gandak battery from their side till 7 pm on Saturday and 4.99 lakh cusecs of water in Kosi battery, he included.
Following the hefty discharge of water from these 2 batteries, the excess river water went into low-lying locations of West and East Champaran, Gopalganj, Araria, Supaul, Katihar, Purnea and a number of various other areas, authorities claimed. An alert has actually currently been appeared for a number of areas of Bihar as the IMD forecasted hefty rainfall and alerted of flash flooding threat partly of the state.
Districts such as West and East Champaran, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Vaishali, Patna, Jehanabad, Madhubani and Bhojpur areas are most likely to experience hefty rainfall.”These districts are at risk of low to moderate flash floods,” it claimed.
The state calamity monitoring division asked the management of the areas to continue to be on sharp and take safety nets following the projection.
Around 13 areas positioned along the Ganga, consisting of Buxar, Bhojpur, Saran, Patna, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger and Bhagalpur, are currently experiencing a flood-like scenario, and almost 13.5 lakh individuals residing in low-lying locations have actually been influenced by climbing water degrees of rivers, adhering to torrential rains, authorities claimed.
A a great deal of individuals from the influenced areas have actually been left and offered alleviation camps, they claimed.
Published 29 September 2024, 04:53 IST
