Rivers flowing close to danger levels in Bihar, UP: govt

Rivers in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were flowing close to the danger levels, the government said today, after montoring the latest recordings.
Ghagra river in Siwan district of Bihar continued to flow in High Flood Situation, the Ministry of Water Resources said.
At 6 am, it was flowing at 61.42 m with rising trend, 0.6 m above its danger level of 60.82 m and 0.32 m below its previous Highest Flood Level (HFL) of 61.74 mts recorded on August 29, 1998, a ministry statement said here.
At Gangpur in Siwan, the river was flowing at a level of 57.85 m with rising trend, 0.81 m above its Danger Level of 57.04 m and 0.16 m below its previous HFL of 58.01 m recorded on September 18, 1983.

Rapti river, which has been created havoc in the past few days, has receded in Balrampur of Uttar Pradesh from High Flood Situation to Moderate Flood Situation at 10 pm yesterday.
It was flowing at 104.73 m with falling trend, 0.11 m above its Danger Level of 104.62 m and 0.52 m below its previous HFL of 105.25 m recorded on September 11, 2000.