The toll in Uttar Pradesh floods on Monday mounted to 41, with reports of 13 more deaths in the State where over 1,000 villages were affected by the flood waters of several rivers flowing above the danger mark.
According to officials, eight persons died in Shravasti, two each in Bahraich and Balrampur and one in lakhimpur due to flood-related incidents in the past 24 hours. The worst-hit districts are Bahraich, Shravasti, Gonda, Balrampur, lakhimpur, Barabanki, Sitapur, Faizabad and Azamgarh.
Additional district magistrate Shravasti, Rajnish Shandara said eight persons were killed in separate incidents due to floods in Bhinga and Ikauna tehsils, while four others were swept away.
117 villages in two tehsils of the district, involving a total population of 60,000 people, have been affected. Chief revenue officer Bahraich, US Upadhyay said water level of river Sarya fell below the danger mark while Ghaghra was still flowing above the red mark.
local authorities have demanded that two Army choppers be pressed for rescue operation in the interior villages where an NDRF team was carrying out relief work.