The six fresh deaths were reported from two districts of Bhagalpur and Khagaria, which reported three deaths each, a Disaster Management Department statement said. The flood has affected 40 lakh people at 2,189 villages in 12 districts, it said.
Seven lakh people have been evacuated so far from the 12 flood-affected districts of Buxar, Bhojpur, Patna, Vaishali, Saran, Begusarai, Samastipur, Lakhisarai, Khagaria, Munger, Bhagalpur and Katihar, the statement said.
According to the Water Resources Department, the Ganga is witnessing a receding trend at Digha ghat, Gandhi ghat and Hathidah in Patna while it is receding in the districts of Buxar, Munger and Bhagalpur.
The water level went below the danger level at Gandhi Ghat and Digha Ghat for the fifth consecutive day, it said, adding it was still flowing above the danger mark at Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district, though the water level was receding here.
The government has deployed 2,973 boats for evacuation while national and state disaster response forces have already been deployed in the affected districts.
In all, 652 relief camps are being run in the flood-hit areas in which 1.98 lakh people have taken shelter. They are being provided medical services by 589 teams.
A total of 210 camps are being operated for cattle affected by flooding of households whereas 85 cattle have died so far in the floods.
Meanwhile, rain occurred in several areas of eastern India, including Bihar while most places of north India experienced dry weather conditions.
In the national capital, it was a pleasant day with the mercury settling at normal levels for this time of the year. The maximum temperature was recorded at 34.5 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the season, while the minimum settled at 25.2 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal.
Maximum temperatures continued to hover close to normal levels at most places in Punjab and Haryana. Chandigarh, the common capital of the two states, recorded a maximum temperature of 33.6 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal. Amritsar in Punjab recorded a high of 35 degrees Celsius while Ludhiana’s maximum settled at 34.6 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal. Patiala recorded a high of 34.5 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal.
In Haryana, Ambala recorded a high of 34.2 degrees Celsius while Hisar’s maximum settled at 36 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal.
In Uttar Pradesh, light to moderate rain occurred at isolated places. The MeT department has forecast heavy rainfall in parts of Uttarakhand over the next two days. Heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places especially in Dehradun and Nainital districts during the next two days starting this evening.