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Five people drown in flood waters in Bihar, raging Ganga river turns highway into bat in Bihar

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Fluctuation in water level of Ganges, Sone and allied rivers in Bihar continues. In some areas the level of the river Ganges has decreased while in some places there has been a rise. The water level of the Ganges has decreased in Buxar, Ara, Patna and Hajipur. While Bhagalpur, Munger, Lakhisarai and Begusarai have seen an increase in the water level of the Ganges. One to one and a half feet of water is flowing on Munger-Bhagalpur National Highway-80. Ganga is flowing 55 cm above the danger mark. Ganga water has spread in six talukas of Bhagalpur district, Gopalpur, Ismailpur, Nathnagar, Sabour, Kahalgaon and Sultanganj. Crops of vegetables and maize have been submerged in the fields.

Five people have died due to drowning in flood waters in Bihar. Smita Kumari has died in Khutha Chetana Tola of Diara. Deputy Chief Minister Vijaykumar Sinha reached Badhia and inspected the relief camp. 12.67 lakh people in 12 districts have been affected due to floods in Bihar. River Ganga is flowing above the danger mark of 1.16 meters at Diya Ghat in Patna and 1.51 meters at Ganghi Ghat. Ganga, Kosi, Kari Kosi, Barandi rivers are flowing above the danger mark in Katihar. Flood water has entered five panchayats of Manihari. Due to the flood, the academic work of 21 universities of the district is being hampered. The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rains in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka. The road for the footpath to Kedarnath has been destroyed. A 15 meter section of the Kedarnath footpath has collapsed. Due to which the traffic of Kedarnath is closed from Saturday evening. More than 5000 pilgrims returning after darshan were taken safely to Gaurikund through an alternate route. Madhya Pradesh received 1063.3 mm of rain from June 1 to September 22, which is 15 percent more than the annual average. For the first time in the last 18 years, rainfall has exceeded the annual average.

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