Flood situation in Uttar Pradesh continues to be grim as the Ganga in the eastern and central parts and rivers Sharda, Ghagra and Kyano have inundated hundreds of villages.
Toll in the floods and rain-related incidents in the state has gone up to 135 with two more deaths reported from Gorakhpur. The floods have affected around one million people in over 80 tehsils of 15 districts in the state. The deluge condition has thrown normal life out of gear in the flood-hit districts. Heavy to moderate rainfalls in the state has also deteriorated the situation in several districts.Report from Gorakhpur said overflowing Kayona river has inundated 90 villages of which 41 were totally marooned.
In Sitapur too, out of the 160 villages affected by the floods, 32 are marooned. In Barabanki, 53 village are submerged by Ghagra while in Basti it is 41.
According to Central Water Commission, the Ganga is near the red mark at Fatehgarh, Kannauj, Kanpur Dehat and Kanpur and was rising steadily. People living in the low
lying areas have been shifted to safer places. Sharda is flowing 1 meter above danger mark in Paliyakala (Kheri) while Ghaghra is flowing 1.50 meters above danger level in Elginbridge (Barabanki), by one meter in Ayodhya and by 0.55 meter in Ballia. In all the places the river is rising.
Rapti river has threatened the populace in Balrampur district where the water is flowing one meters above the danger level. The river has also crossed the red mark at
Shravasti, Sidharthnagar and Gorakhpur areas too. Kyano river has inundated 516 villages in Basti as the river is flowing near the danger level at Gonda, Basi and Sant
Kabirnagar districts. Rainfall, recorded in prominent places of the state during
the past 24 hours, are: Aurriya 115 mm followed by Bijnore (74.6 mm), Bahriach (74 mm), Banda (66 mm), Kheri (62.2 mm), Etawah (55.5 mm), Barabanki (39.2
mm), Shahjahanpur (30.6 mm) and Kanpur Dehat (23.4 mm). The weather office here has predicted heavy to moderate rainfalls shattered throughout the state during the next 48 hours. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has directed district authorities concerned to start rescue and relief works at a war footing.
Yadav said the government would not tolerate any laxity in providing relief to flood-hit people. He said the district magistrates and Police Superintendents of Barabanki, Faizabad, Ambedkarnagar, Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia, lakhimpur Kheri and other parts of the eastern UP should deploy boats to evacuate. 'Government has already provided all financial and other assistance to the districts to provide relief and rescue works during the floods,' he said.