Relief camps set up in flood affected areas in Bihar
AMN / PATNA
Relief camps have been set up in flood affected areas of Bihar where food and drinking water is being provided to people.
180 makeshift community kitchens have been opened in Sitamarhi, Sheohar and Araria. 10 district have been hit by floods in the state. NDRF & SDRF teams have been pressed into service for relief & rescue work.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar undertook an aerial survey of flood affected areas. Earlier, he chaired a high level meeting in Patna. He directed officials to open community kitchens and shelters for affected people and speed up repairing of damaged roads in flood ravaged regions. So far, 28 deaths have been reported from flood affected areas.
A total 12 blocks and 40 percent population of Sitamarhi district are flood affected.
Electricity supply has collapsed in Sheohar district since yesterday night due to inundation of local power grid station. In Araria district several culverts, approach roads and diversions swept away. Sikati, Kursakanta, Jokihat, Palasi, Forbesganj and Araria blocks are badly hit due to the disaster.