Bihar Flood Situation Worsens, 40 Dead; PM Modi Calls CM Nitish Kumar, Assures Centre's Assistance

The most parts of the Bihar's capital Patna, remained submerged even as the state-wide death toll mounted to 40 on Tuesday.

Residents of Patna ride a municipality earth-mover through a flooded street following heavy monsoon rain. (PTI)

New Delhi: Several parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were reeling from floods following incessant showers over the past few days. The flood situation in Bihar has worsen after heavy rains over the weekend lashed the northern state of India and hit most of the population living in the region. Many districts of the Bihar, including the state capital Patna, are witnessing a flood-like situation, bringing normal business to a grinding halt and disrupting rail and road traffic in several places. The most parts of the city remained submerged even as the state-wide death toll mounted to 40 on Tuesday. The weather department has, meanwhile, forecast a long delayed withdrawal of monsoon and more rains for Patna.

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To discuss the prevailing floods in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday rang up Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and assured him of all possible help as many people died due to rain-related incidents in Bihar. During his conversation, Modi assured Kumar of all possible help by the Central government to tackle the flood situation. "Spoke to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar ji regarding the flood situation in parts of the state. Agencies are working with the local administration to assist the affected. Centre stands ready to provide all possible further assistance that may be required," Modi tweeted.

Spoke to Bihar CM @NitishKumar Ji regarding the flood situation in parts of the state. Agencies are working with local administration to assist the affected. Centre stands ready to provide all possible further assistance that may be required.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 30, 2019

Earlier yesterday, Chief Minister Kumar conducted an aerial survey of flood-affected areas. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed 19 teams in 14 districts of Bihar and has evacuated more than 4,000 people including women, patients, children and elderly and shifted to the safer places by NDRF in Patna. Watch | Threat of epidemic looms over Patna Patna has been witnessing acute waterlogging, with residents resorting to unusual modes of transportation in order to move from one place to another. As per the weather forecasting report by India Meteorological Department, Patna will receive more rainfall for the next few days accompanied by thunderstorms.