Following heavy rain in its catchment areas and release of water from upstream barrages, the turbulent Ghagra swept away the Ring embankment and breached the Elgin-Charsari embankment on the border of Barabanki district with Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.

Official sources here said that following the heavy breach in the embankment five villages in Barabanki and about 50 in Gonda district were cut off from neighbouring areas, affecting a population of 13,500.