Flood-hit Bihar, Assam, UP crawl to normalcy

The situation in flood-battered Bihar, Assam and Uttar Pradesh is gradually improving with no fresh rains over the last few days.
A number of people, who were displaced by the floods, returned home as the water receded from human habitation.
However, 187 blocks and 2,371 panchayats in 19 districts of Bihar are still battling the flooding, the disaster management department said.
Around 11,500 people are putting up in 34 relief camps.
The floods, triggered by torrential rains and excess water released by Nepal, have claimed 514 lives in Bihar.
The department said 1,20,659 beneficiaries received a flood assistance of Rs 6,000 in their bank accounts from the Bihar government to meet their immediate household needs.

So far, a total of 7,25,517 beneficiaries have got the amount.

A total of 50,898 people were served food at 111 community kitchens, it said.
The flood situation in Assam also improved with water receding from one of the seven inundated districts.
However, 45,000 people continue to bear the brunt of the floods in 170 villages where around 6,000 hectares of agricultural land is under water, a government report said.
The waters ebbed from Jorhat district though Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Chirang, Morigaon, Nagaon and Cachar continued to reel under floods.
The Brahmaputra in Jorhat, rivers Dhansiri in Golaghat, Jia bharali in Sonitpur and Karimganj are flowing above the danger level, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority said.

Nagaon, where the deluge marooned around 18,000 people, is the worst-affected district.
Altogether, 16 relief camps are being run by the Assam government with 8,079 people taking shelter in them, the report said.
Three waves of floods in Assam snuffed out 158 lives this year.
Meanwhile, the situation in flood-ravaged districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh also inched closer to normal, officials said.
The number of flood-related fatalities in the state has plateaued at 108. No deluge-related death was reported over the last four days, the flood control room at the office of relief commissioner told PTI today.
The flooding in 24 districts of eastern UP affected 27.92 lakh people this year.

A number of deluge-affected people continue to put up in relief camps.