Many districts in Bihar are under water after a huge release of water from the Birpur Kosi barrage after there are heavy rains in the region. Persistent rainfall in the river basins of Nepal has brought several other rivers in the bordering area to critical levels.
Incessant downpour in the river catchment area of Northern Bihar and Nepal compelled the authorities to release even more water from the Barages of Kosi and Gandak demarcated regions. block.
Flood has reached the Katrabakuchi grid in Muzaffarpur as 45,000 households remain water ill whose floodwater has reached on an electric pole, and now there are no more electricity on the grid . Because they know electricity may cause greater harm than prevent a loss. They will start bringing the power back on after the water has moved lower.
Sunil Kumar, an engineer in the power station, released the sea water, clarified that there is water that had gone inside the control room of the grid along with the electricity.
In terms of safety, it is stated that power supply can be switched off as and when necessary and power outage is reported in 22 panchayats of Katra block. Some 42,000 to 43,000 consumers will face this problem. Power offense will be cut after such no power issue from department heads…”
In one of the villages in Muzaffarpur a resident said: “The administration is inactive and nobody has come up to comprehend the scenario as of now.”
Flood condition in Supaul district was due to the overflowing waters of the Kosi River which also affected many parts of the northeastern region of the state. Many houses and facilities within the affected area are now immersed underwater.
“We are homeless, our tents are struck by big rain water, this flooding kind behaviour I had last seen in 1961. Who hasn’t come to wish us one has come so far,” said Joginder Mehta, a resident of dodharnagar, supaul.
Another resident said: “I arrived in this village in 1980. The structures have collapsed and the same applies to the agriculture.”
