Bihar floods: Toll rises to 253; Nitish Kumar undertakes aerial survey to assess situation
The toll in Bihar floods rose to 253 today as the situation worsened further with more areas getting affected and around 1.26 crore people hit by the deluge.
Yesterday, the toll was 202 and the number of affected people was 1.21 crore in 18 districts.
No new district has been added to the list of flood-hit districts today.
Araria district accounted for 57 deaths alone, followed by Sitamarhi (31), West Champaran (29), Katihar (23), East Champaran (19) while 13 each have died in Madhubani, Supaul and Madhepura, a Disaster Management Department release said.
Eleven deaths were reported in Kishanganj, while Darbhanga accounted for 10 deaths, Purnea 9, Gopalganj 8, Sheohar, Muzaffarpur and Saharsa registered four deaths each while Khagaria and Saran accounted for three and two deaths respectively, it said.
As many as 4.21 lakh people have been shifted to 1,358 relief camps in different parts of the state, the release said.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar undertook an aerial survey of flood-affected areas of East Champaran, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Muzaffarpur and Patna districts.
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— Nitish Kumar (@NitishKumar) August 17, 2017
He was accompanied by state Water Resources Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh and …read more
