Nakta Diyara people leave home as Ganga water level increasing

 

Nakta Diyara people were leaving their homes for a safe place as water level of Ganga was rising in Patna on August 21, 2026. Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui 

Minister inspects flood situation in Patna

Bihar Water Resources Minister Sanjay Jha inspected the rising Ganga river near Gandhi Ghat in Patna on August 19, 2020.
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Ganga crosses danger mark at Krishna Ghat

Water level of Ganga crossed danger mark at Krishna Ghat in Patna on August 17, 2020.
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Ganga crosses danger mark in Bind Toli

Water level of River Ganga crossed danger mark in Bind Toli in Patna on August 17, 2020.
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Bhar govt will give five boats to every panchayat

PATNA: Drawing a future course of action to fight perennial flood, Bihar government has decided to provide five boats each in all village panchayats of the state to smoother the rescue and relief operations.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asked the Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA) to arrange five boats in every village panchayat. “Arrange boats and boat sailing training programme for village youths”, said Kumar while presiding over the 10^th meeting of the BSDMA here.

On the fund for the purchasing of the boats, he said the boats would be acquired through MP and MLA funds.

He directed the BSDMA to increase the strength of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) battalion from present 16 to 50.

“Chalk out concrete plans based on ground reality instead of making it academic and theoretical”, he told the BSDMA officials.

“It is the need of hour for the BSDMA to keep focus on training rather than wasting time on theoretical aspects of the disaster management”, he said.

Putting stress on mass awareness campaign on the prevention and safety aspects of the disaster management, the Chief Minister, who is also the chairman of the BSDMA, said,” We should start mass awareness campaign through mobile messaging and advertisement on the protection techniques from the natural calamities as the state has more than 6 crore people using mobile phones”.

He asked the BSDMA to make detailed survey of the Jamindari bunds across the state. The BSDMA has also been asked to prepare new work plans and set agenda of the authority in proper understanding with other departments so that there should be no overlapping of the work plans

Participating in the meeting, deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi suggested that life jackets should be made available in all the boats given to every panchayat.

Disaster Management Department (DMD) secretary Prtayay Amrit said warehousing of polythene sheets should be done in December itself in preparation for next year’s flood.

Bihar has witnessed spate of floods in the last one month that claimed more than 500 lives and affected 1.5 crore people in 18 districts. Property and standing crops worth crores have been swept away by flood water.

Bihar gears up for sending relief materials to flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir

Anganwadi workers made the packets of relief materials and then it were uploaded to trucks for its onward journey to flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir in Patna on September 10, 2014.
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Kirti Jha Azad blames administrative lapses for devastation in flood-hit Ghanshyampur block

BJP MP from Darbhanga Kirti Jha Azad said administrative negligence was the root cause for devastation in the flood-hit Ghanshyampur block of the Darbhanga district. Talking to reporters in Patna on August 24, 2014, Azad said district administration had not taken sufficient measures to check massive erosion of embankment in Kumrole village. Bihar BJP President Mangal Pandey was present in the Press confernce.
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Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi takes note of the flood situation in North Bihar

Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi took stock of the situation in the flood affected districts of North Bihar through video conferencing in Patna on August 20, 2014.
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Flood waters inundate NH-30 near Daniyanwan

Flood waters inundated NH-30 near Daniyanwan in Patna district on August 19, 2014.
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Nakta Diara residents demand flood relief

Villagers of Nakta Diara Danapur staged dharna at Kargil Chowk in Patna on September 29, 2011 demanding flood relief. The diara area was submerged by overflowing Ganga.

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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar conducts aerial survey of flood-affected areas

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar conducted aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Madhubani and Sitamarhi districts on September 28, 2011.

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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar makes aerial survey of flood-affected areas

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made an aerial survey of the five flood affected districts of the state on September 11, 2011. Sevarl areas of the five districts Aurangabad, Arwal, Patna, Rohtas and Bhojpur were inundated due to sudden release of 8.39 lakh cusecs of water in Sone river from Bansagar dam in Madhya Pradesh and Rihand dam in Uttar Pradesh.

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Flood relief camp building on the cards

Bihar Rural Work Minister Bhim Singh inspected a model of Flood Relief Camp building in Patna on July 6, 2011.

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Overflowing Punpun river wreaks havoc

Villagers are being shifted to a safe place after overflowing Punpun and others small rivers flooded several villages under Dhanrua block in Patna district on September 10, 2009.

Irate residents of Kushwan and Sawedha villages blocked the Patna-Gaya Road demanding flood relief and other compensations.

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