BIHAR FLOOD SITUATION REPORT 2nd August, 2009
Current Situation:
Parts of Sitamarhi district of Bihar is under the grip Flood Affected District in Bihar of floods with a major breach of 60 meters on the right embankment of Bagmati river near Tajpur village of Runnisyedpur block on 1st August’ 09.
The breach which is about 6 km up stream of Kataunjha Road Bridge on National Highway-77 has disrupted the road communication between Muzaffarpur and Sitamarhi near Koati (about 17 km from in Sitamarhi) due to overflowing of flood water.
The flood affected villages under Runnisyedpur block are - Tilaktajpur, Maanpur Ratnawali, Rupauli, Raipur , Hardiya, Govind Pithaujiya, Mahesha Phadakpur, Kohahi, Badheta, Bishunpur, Siskhiriya, Neuri, Batrauli, Hazipur Basant, Bishanpur, Korlahiya, Moran, Olipur & Gaus Nagar.
Govt Response :
Approximately one lakh people are reported to be affected and state govt. has initiated its actions to plug the damaged portion. Principal Secretary, Water Resources Dept., along with senior officials are camping at the site. In addition to it, state govt. has engaged around 90 members of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team to carry out the relief & rescue operations in the affected areas. 23 nos. of boats have also been mobilized from Kolkotta to expedite the rescue operations. Two relief camps are also reported to shelter the flood victims.
In view of the rising water level in major rivers, state government has alerted the district administrations of flood-prone districts. Bagmati river is flowing above danger level at Sonakhan (68.95 m against the danger level of 68.80 m), Dubbadhar (61.2 m against the danger level of 62.60 m), Kansar (59.06 m against the danger level of 60.45 m), and Benibad (48.6 m against the danger level of 49.2 m). There is a likely possibility of the rise of rivers as IMD has forecasted of isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall over North Bihar in the next 48 hours.
The status of the major rivers of Bihar as on 2nd August, 2009 is as follows:
River name District Wl (M) Dl Al Difference Forecast Time Trend (M) (M) (AL-DL) M Kosi Khagharia 32.85 33.85 33.68 -0.17 33.79 06:00 AM Rising Kosi Supaul 46.75 47.75 47.93 .18 47.86 10:00 PM Steady Kamla Balan Madhubani 49 50 50.5 .5 49.85 04:00 PM Falling Mahanada Katihar 30.4 31.4 30.58 -0.82 30.45 10:00 PM Steady Mahanada Purniya 34.65 35.65 35.00 -0.65 35.9 06:00 AM Steady Bagmati Muzzafarpu 47.68 48.68 49.29 0.61 49.29 06:00 AM Steady r Ghaghra Siswan 56.04 57.04 56.06 -0.02 55.94 04:00 AM Falling Adhwara Darbhanga 49 50 49.51 -0.51 50 6:00 AM Rising Group Ganga Muzzafarpu 53.41 54.41 53.38 -0.03 53.45 4:00 AM Falling r Wl = Warning Level; Dl = Danger Level; Al = Actual Level
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Sources:
• Sphere Humanitarian Coordinators • Central Water Commission : www.cwc.nic.in • Media Report: Hindustan Times : www.hindustantimes.com • Flood Management Information System (FMIS) : http://fmis.bih.nic.in • India Meteorological Department : www.imd.gov.in
For more information, Contact :
Sl no. NAME DESIGNATION CONTACT DETAILS EMAIL ID 1. VIKAS GORA FOCAL POINT, URS NEW DELHI +91- 9958699913 [email protected] 2. SANDEEP PATHAK URS COORDINATOR, NEW DELHI +91- 9015555523 [email protected]
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