A. Situation Report
Due to heavy rainfall in Nepal and Uttarakhand, most of the river including Rapti, Ghaghara, Sharda and Sarayu is overflowing leading to flood situation in the state of Uttara Pradesh. Number of causalities reported 28 Number of people missing 300 Districts affected Bahraich, Shrawasti, Barabanki, Gonda, Siddharth Nagar, Lakhimpuri Kheri, Balrampur, Faizabad, Sitapur Worst affected Districts Bahraich, Shraswasti, Barabanki, Gonda and Siddharth Nagar Number of affected villages 1,500 approx.
Official sources in Lucknow said that an alert has been sounded in Bahraich district, which has been the worst affected. The water has entered into hundreds of villages in Mihipurwa, Mahasi, Balha, Kaiserganj and Jarwal development blocks, affecting a population of about 2 lakhs. These sources said that two helicopters are likely to be pressed into service for relief and rehabilitation measures
Floods in Uttar Pradesh have raised fears of damage to the cane crop, as 0.6 million hectares of arable lands have been submerged
Rising water levels has hit road and rail traffic and Shashtra Seema Bal and PAC jawans have been deployed to evacuate people affected by the floods.
In New Delhi, the Ministry of Water Resources said in a statement that the Rapti in Balrampur district of UP was flowing at 104.62m, 0.63m above danger mark. The record for water level in the river was 105.25m on September 11, 2000.
According to a Central Water Commission report, after rising menacingly in Kakardhari and Bhinga yesterday, the Rapti has crossed the maximum level in Balrampur and is still rising.
The Ghaghra is still flowing near danger level at Elgin Bridge in Ayodhya while the Sharda at Paliakalan and the Ghaghra at Ayodhya were flowing above the danger mark.
Around 250 houses collapsed in Nanpara and Mahsi tehsils of Bahraich, where 2.5 lakh people in 546 hamlets of 103 villages have been affected by the floods
According to a report from Balrampur, all three tehsils of the district Tulsipur,
Balrampur, Utraula have been affected by the floods. The Balrampur-Badni National Highway is inundated and has been closed.A report from Lakhimpur says that around 60 villages in Dharaura tehsil have been marooned with the locals having taken shelter in a school in Manjha Sumali village
In Balrampur district, the Rapti, which is in spate was rising at a rate of two centimeters per hour, according to the Central Flood Forecasting Division. Vehicular traffic on Lalia Balrampur and Lalia- Maharajganj Terai roads has come to a standstill with the highways under two to three feet of water.