Lucknow: Five persons were killed, while
several villages in the state remained cut-off from district
headquarters as major rivers continue to swell at many places
in Uttar Pradesh since last evening, official sources said
here on Tuesday.
One person each was killed in Bahraich, Sitapur, Gonda,
Lakhimpur and Faizabad in flood related incidents, as Ghagra
river continued to play havoc in one dozen districts of the
state, they said.
According to daily report of the Central Water Commission
Ghagra continued to play havoc in eastern districts and was
still flowing above danger mark at Elgin Bridge (Barabanki),
Ayodhya and Turtipar in Ballia district.
Though Sharda had started receding, it was still flowing
at danger mark at Palliakalan and Sharda Nagar (both in
Lakhimpur district), the report said.
The CWC report said that Ganga was rising almost at all
the places in the state including Dalmau (Rae Bareli),
Phaphamau and Chatnag (Allahabad), Mirzapur, Varanasi, Ballia
and Ghazipur.
Similarly, Gomti was swelling at Bhatpurwa (in Sitapur
district) and Lucknow, while Rapti was rising at Bansi in
Siddharth Nagar district, the report said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 18:34