 "Severe floods in 16 UP districts, large-scale destruction of paddy crop")
Incessant rain the past three days and water discharge from barrages in Nepal are wreaking havoc in 16 districts of eastern UP. Several hundred villages have been completely inundated. The flood has destroyed several thousand acres of paddy crop so far besides rotting vegetable crop and menthol.
Due to the discharge of water from the barrages in Nepal prominent rivers like Saryu, Ghaghra, Rapti and Kuano have swelled, crossing the danger mark at several places. According to the relief commissioner of UP, till date 642 villages in Ambedkarnagar, Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Behraich, Balia, Balrampur, Basti, Gonda, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Sitapur and Mau
