Satish Aditya
Motihari : The left Champaran embankment of Gandak river was breached in a stretch of 150 feet near Bhawanipur village
under Sangrampur block in East Champaran district in the wee hours on July 24, 2020. The gushing flood water is spreading fast to over 50 villages in Sangrampur, Kotawa, Kesariya, and Kalyanpur blocks of the district. The Sahebganj block area of Muzaffarpur District will also be affected by the flood.
East Champaran DM Shirshat Kapil Ashok with Deepak Kumar, Executive Engineer, Flood Control, Champaran Division, are
camping at the site and two teams of NDRF and SDRF are engaged in rescue and relief operation in marooned areas . The flood victims
are being rescued by NDRF team and are taking shelter at safer places like schools , NH 28, and other places . The labourers
were engaged in plugging the breached site and flood protection work is being monitored by Water Resource Department officers. The flood waters has entered the remote areas very fast triggering panic among the people.
The administration has pressed five motorboats in rescueoperations. The flood water has posed danger to Barauni-Lucknow NH28 . According to water resource department, river Gandak also breached Saran right embankment near Dewapur on July 24, 2020,
in Gopalganj district and the flood water has entered in 14 panchayats of the district .