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Flood toll in Bihar mounts to 108

Munger District Magistrate Ramanand Prasad said, with the recovery of 10 more bodies on Sunday, the toll following the breach in the embankment of Kharagpur rivulet of the district on September 21 mounted to 22.

Nearly four million people spread over 21 districts continued to reel under the impact of floods that have so far damaged standing crops and houses worth over Rs 600 million.

State water resources department sources said all the vital embankments were safe with engineers pressed into service to take all-possible measures to prevent erosion and counter pressure due to swirling of waters of major rivers.

According to a Central Water Commission report, all the major rivers like Ganga, Kosi, Bagmati and Burhi Gandak were still flowing above the danger mark at several places along their course.

Relief and rescue operations have been mounted with army personnel assisting the district authorities in distribution of relief materials. More than 3000 government and private boats were engaged to evacuate marooned people to safer places in the flood-hit districts, state relief and rehabilitation department sources said.

Meanwhile, railway sources said the four-day ordeal of the passengers of the Patna-Cochin Express, which had been stranded at Jhajha railway station, finally ended when the train was allowed to resume its onward journey from Jhajha after restoration of the track near Jamui station with the help of 600 railway workers and engineers braving the strong currents of flood waters.

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