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Seven dead in Bihar floods

Source: PTI
July 24, 2008 18:23 IST
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Seven persons have died and nearly 65,000 people, spread over five districts, were affected in the current spell of floods in Bihar where some major rivers are in spate.

State disaster management department officials said seven people lost their lives due to floods in Muzaffarpur district, while around 65,000 people of 140 villages in Muzaffarpur, Supaul, Patna, Nalanda and Saharsa districts were affected by the deluge.

Though most of the rivers were flowing below danger level, major rivers like Punpun, Burhi Gandak, Bagmati, Kosi and Mahananda are in spate. 

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the overall situation was under control and he had ordered the authorities to carry out relief and rescue operations on priority basis.

Kumar, who undertook an aerial survey of flood-hit Nalanda and Muzaffarpur districts, said he had asked the authorities to take appropriate measures to avoid water-logging. "I have already constituted a task force led by the state development commissioner to survey the water-logged areas and make suggestions to the state government for taking short-term, medium-term and long-term measures to avoid water-logging in future," he said.
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