Flood waters recede in Bihar; on ascent in UP, Rajasthan

Flood waters receded further in Bihar today even as at least two districts in Rajasthan and several villages in Uttar Pradesh stare at potential deluge situation prompting the administration to alert army.
Heavy rains lashed Rajasthan's Bhilwara, Chittorgarh and other surrounding districts creating flood-like situation.
"Many people have been relocated to safer places," said Prakash Chand, in-charge of the control room set up to oversee operations in Bhilwara.
In Chittorgarh, flow of water in Bedach, a tributary of Banas and Gambhiri rivers is the main cause of concern.
Heavy to extremely heavy rainfall was recorded in the region since yesterday till today morning, with Pali receiving 29, Jalore 23 and Jodhpur 17 cm rainfall.

Relief Secretary Rohit Kumar said, besides Army and local police, teams of NDRF, SDRF, Rajasthan Armed Constabulary are in Bhilwara, Pali and Chittorgarh. "NDRF and RAC teams are also on standby for Jhalawar and Kota districts," he said.

The incessant rains have affected train services forcing North Western Railways to cancel 12 trains and partially cancel three while routes of three other were also changed.
Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje conducted an aerial survey of Bhilwara and Chittorgarh districts and directed district collectors to relocate affected people and provide relief.
Heavy rains lashed national capital towards the evening leading to traffic snarls and high relative humidity. The maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 35.3 and 27.5 degrees Celsius, both a notch above normal.

In Uttar Pradesh, Ghagra, Sharda and Ganga rivers are either flowing either above their respective danger marks or near as over 50 villages have been affected due to flood.
Army was alerted to remain on stand by as the situation worsened in Baranaki, affected by Ghagra flood waters.
Meanwhile, the flood situation in Bihar improved further with water receding in most of the rivers and only Purnea district is currently facing flood situation.
With no report of fresh death, the toll remained at 95 as it was on Sunday. Except for Kosi in Baltara in Khagaria district, all rivers are flowing below the danger level.

The number of blocks affected by flood came down to 3 today and the marooned villages to 18.
Rains was also recorded in most parts of Punjab and Haryana with Mohali receiving the highest rainfall at 37 mm. Chandigarh received 25.6 mm of rainfall.
Several places in Chandigarh and Mohali witnessed power outage for several hours, causing inconvenience to people.
Odisha, whose most parts have been experiencing heavy rains for the last three days, is likely to receive heavy rains coupled with gusty surface wind tomorrow as a depression in the region has intensified into a deep depression over Bangladesh.

Under its impact, rain or thundershower is likely to occur at most places over north Odisha and many places over southern part of the state.