Patna: The Bihar authorities has sounded an alert for floods in northern, southern and central elements of the state following heavy discharge of water from Birpur and Valmikinagar barrages on Sunday, officers stated.
The embankment of the Bagmati river in Madhkaul village in Sitamarhi district broke on Sunday, which is being repaired, they stated.
“As a result of this incident, villagers have been evacuated to safer locations and the restore work is on…No casualty has been reported to date,” Richie Pandey, District Justice of the Peace (DM), Sitamathi, advised reporters.
As a result of heavy discharge of water from Birpur barrage, seepage was additionally reported from the Kosi Jap embankment close to Gopalpur on Saturday night time, which was repaired by the engineers of the Water Assets Division (WRD).
A complete of 6.61 lakh cusecs of water was launched from Birpur barrage on Kosi river until 5 am, the best in 56 years. In response to the newest bulletin by the state Water Assets division, the final time the utmost water discharged from this barrage was 7.88 lakh cusecs of water in 1968.
It could irritate the situation of over 16.28 lakh folks in 13 districts, who have been already affected by inundation following heavy rain, officers stated.
Equally, 5.62 lakh cusecs of water was launched from Valmikinagar barrage on Gandak until 10 pm on Saturday. That is the best water discharged from this barrage after 6.39 lakh cusecs launched in 2003. Site visitors motion has been stopped close to the Kosi barrage as a precautionary measure.
“The groups of the Water Assets Division are monitoring the embankments on a 24×7 foundation so immediate motion will be taken as quickly as any erosion or hazard is detected. Three superintending engineers, 17 govt engineers, 25 assistant engineers and 45 junior engineers of the division are engaged on a 24×7 foundation and they’re at all times alert. There’s nothing to panic in any respect”, Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Bihar Water Assets minister, advised PTI on Sunday.
“The water stage of rivers Gandak, Kosi, Bagmati, Burhi Gandak, Kamla Balan and Mahananda, Bagmati and Ganga– has been rising throughout the state, following steady rainfall over the previous two-three days. Incessant rainfall within the catchment areas of Nepal has led to rivers touching or flowing above the hazard stage at a number of locations within the bordering districts,” stated the minister.
Following heavy discharge of water from these two barrages, the surplus river water entered low mendacity areas of West and East Champaran, Gopalganj, Araria, Supaul, Katihar, Purnea and a number of other different districts, officers stated. An alert has already been sounded for a number of districts of Bihar because the IMD predicted heavy rain and warned of flash flood threat in elements of the state.
Districts reminiscent of West and East Champaran, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Vaishali, Patna, Jehanabad, Madhubani and Bhojpur districts are more likely to expertise heavy rain.”These districts are liable to low to reasonable flash floods,” it stated.
The state catastrophe administration division requested the administration of the districts to stay on alert and take preventive measures within the wake of the forecast.
Round 13 districts located alongside the Ganga, together with Buxar, Bhojpur, Saran, Patna, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger and Bhagalpur, are already experiencing a flood-like state of affairs, and practically 13.5 lakh folks dwelling in low-lying areas have been affected by rising water ranges of rivers, following torrential rainfall, officers stated.
A lot of folks from the affected districts have been evacuated and delivered to aid camps, they stated.
