Flood situation remains grim in Bihar, no fresh casualties

The flood situation remained grim in Bihar on Friday, where nearly nine million people in 13 districts have been affected by the deluge.

The death toll, however, remained unchanged at 130 for the third consecutive day, the state disaster management department said.

Water levels have started receding at many places because of a let up in rainfall, which led the East Central Railway headquartered at Hajipur to allow restoration of traffic on the Darbhanga-Samastipur section, a week after it was suspended.

Sitamarhi and Madhubani remain the worst-affected districts, accounting for 37 and 30 casualties, respectively, and together home to about 31.5 lakh people impacted by the floods out of the total number of 88.46 lakh, the department said.