BAHRAICH: Much chaos was witnessed in dozens of villages of the district after Spur no. 7 constructed to protect the coastal dam of Adampur-Rewali submerged 25 meters deep into the flood waters of the Ghaghra on Wednesday night.

Nearly 12 housed and 90 bighas of fields are also submerged in the water. The villagers are migrating towards the safer places.

The flood situation continues to be grim as large swathe of area remained inundated after rains lashed large parts of the state in last 48 hours. Many schools have been turned into relief camps. Villagers are being evacuated from villages and shifted to these camps.

"Situation is very bad in Barabanki and Gonda where Ghaghra is in spate.

Tarannum Manjul

Even as the overflowing Ghaghra river is creating havoc for school going children in Bahraich, the district administration has ensured that children in the 219 flood affected villages do not miss their classes.

By Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

LUCKNOW: As rivers emerging from Nepal showed no signs of relent, the floods in over a dozen districts of east UP and Terai region claimed 10 more lives on Monday, taking the toll to over 30.

LUCKNOW/ BAHRAICH: With their habitat under two meters of water, survival poses a tough challenge to tiger and leopard cubs in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve of Uttar Pradesh. Flood situation in Bahraich and Pilibhit has worsened dramatically over the past three days after Nepal released over 5 lakh cusec of water into Sharda and Ghagra rivers last Tuesday.

Lucknow: The ambitious Saryu Canal Project (SCP) launched in 1977-78 has been able to meet barely 18 per cent of its targeted irrigation potential while there has been a 743 per cent increase in the cost of the project. This is the finding of the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) that was tabled in the Vidhan Sabha recently.

BARABANKI: The turbulent Ghaghra is finally flowing below the danger mark after causing havoc in villages on its bank. About a hundred villages falling under Fatehpur, Ramnagar and Sirauli Gauspur tehsil of the district were badly affected by recent floods caused by discharge of water from Kali and other rivers from Nepal.

Nikhilesh Jha

As Bihar is undone by disaster, it is time to commit to long-delayed water management projects