For official use Heavy Rain Inundated areas in part of State DISASTER EVENT ID: 05-FLD-2021-BR MAP ID: 2021/41 Based on the analysis of Sentinel-1A SAR Image of 16-Aug-2021 Date of Issue :17.08.2021 Location Map

84°0'0"E West Champaran About the Event N " N N N 0 " " " ' 0 0 0 0 ' ' ' ° 0 0 0 7 ° ° ° 2 7 7 7 Chanpatia 2 2 2 Heavy rains are reported in Bihar first week of August 2021 and caused steady rise in water levels in parts of Bihar state. According

85°0'0"E to reports, River Adhwara at Saulighat, Saharghat, Ekmighat and Kamtaul,River Harohar at Mankatha,River Kosi at Kursela and Sonbarsa Baltara,River Ghaghra at Darauli, Gangpur, River Kamla at Jainagar, River Ganga at Kahalgaon,Munger,Dighaghat, Dheng Bridge Gandhighat, Buxar and Hathidah , River Gandak at Dumariaghat Lalbagiaghat , and Lalganj,River Burhi Gandak at and Rosera, East Champaran Sitamarhi Jainagar River Punpun at Sripalpur, River Sone at Maner ,River

G Chatia Ahirwalia Balan (H/W) Mahananda at Dhengraghat, River Kamlabalan at Jhanjharpur and an da River Bagmati at Benibad and Runisaidpur were reported to be k R iv Sheohar er .-- flowing above danger level. (Source: News Media, FMISC) 84°0'0"E Gopalganj > Saulighat Madhubani Satellite Observations

Jhanjharpur This map highlights the inundated areas due to heavy rains in 10 districts of Bihar State as on 16th August,2021.

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S Major Roads Munger Other Roads Railway Nalanda CWC River Guage- Severe Flood Situation CWC River Guage- Normal Flood Situation Arwal Lakhisarai Jahanabad Sheikhpura 0 5 10 20 30 KM N " 0 ' 0 N ° " 5 0 ' 2 0 °

Bhabua 5 Rohtas 2 This product is prepared on rapid mapping mode for immediate use and sharing amongst official agencies. This provides preliminary results.

Palmerganj Indrapuri Flood inundation may include rain water accumulation / flood water in low Nawada Jamui lying areas.

Aurangabad E " 0 ' 0 ° 6 8 Districts with inundation less than 100 ha are not included in the statistics Gaya E " 0 ' 0 ° 4 8 All geographic information has limitations due to the scale, resolution, date and interpretation of the original source materials.

No ground verification is done.

RRES 85°0'0"E National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO Dept. of Space, Govt. of Hyderabad- 500 037 Note: When publishing this map as part of any report, source may be indicated as " NRSC (2021) - Heavy Rain Inundated areas E-Mail: [email protected] nrsc in Part of Bihar State (as on 16 August 2021)" dated 17.08.2021 Map no : 2021/41, NRSC/ISRO, Hyderabad www.nrsc.gov.in