Six rivers including Ganga flowing above red mark in Bihar

Till yesterday, 10,000 people in 9 panchayats of three blocks of Nalanda district were affected due to spate in Falgu river

Flood situation in Bihar has eased with no district remaining under water while the Ganga and five other rivers are flowing above the danger mark in the state.

No district, block or panchayat are under flood waters today, a statement from state Disaster Management Department said

Till yesterday, 10,000 people in nine panchayats of three blocks of Nalanda district were affected due to spate in Falgu river.

The department said that no relief camp for citizens or animals is functioning in view of easing of the flood situation.

The situation has improved in 14 other flood-hit districts of the state but the rains in past few days have raised water level in the Ganga and five other rivers have crossed the danger mark at different places.

The Ganga river was flowing above danger mark at Digha ghat, Gandhi ghat and Hathidah in Patna and Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district.

Other rivers which were flowing above danger mark are — the Sone at Maner and the Punpun at Sripalpur (in Patna), while Ghaghra remained in spate at Gangpur-Siswan area in Siwan district, Kosi at Baltara in Khagaria and Kursela in Katihar district and Burhi Gandak in Khagaria, the statement said.