Satish Aditya
Motihari : Even as the water level of turbulent Gandak started receding on July 31, 2020, the situation  in 250 villages under 15
blocks  in East Champaran district  has further deteriorated following breach  in ring bunds  of Burhi Gandak at Mahuawa near
Chakiya and Chitaha under Banjariya block in the district.The flood water has entered around 300 houses  after these breaches on July 30, 2020.

According to a press release issued by the Disaster Management Department, the water of  Gandak, Burhi Gandak, Bagmati, Lalbakeya,
and its tributaries  have already inundated 250 villages affecting a population of 7 lakh in East Champaran District, who is also reeling under COVID-19 pandemic.

Around  62,,000 marooned people were evacuated  and  nearly40,000 displaced people have taken shelter on the embankments and other safer places under 15 blocks  in the district for the last ten days. A total of 90  boats including 8 motorboats  and 31 government boats  have been pressed into rescue and relief operations. Three teams of NDRF and SDRF  have been deployed in  different  areas and  187 community kitchens  are being run by the  district administration under three  blocks providing food to 40,000   persons daily.           Around 300 families have been uprooted in Bhawanipur, Kusawaha tola, and Noneya under Sangrampur block  where the left embankment of Gandak  was breached last week and 156 houses including pucca ones have been dedtroyed by the current of the river. They have taken shelter on NH28 near  Dumariyaghat.  On the other hand, patience  of displaced and marooned  people seems to be running out  in the district which is reeling under three rounds of floods. Around 200 flood affected people of  Sisawa and adjoining villages under Dumariyaghat police station staged demonstration on NH28  near Dumariya shouting slogans against the government.

Around 400  displaced  families have taken shelter  on NH28 as their villages have been inundated  in Gandak flood. They  are
going without food and water. Munna Mahto, Akshay Mahto, and others said  no relief was provided by the district   administration.  Former CPM MLA  Ramashray Singh said  more than 1.50 lakh people of Sugauli  have been affected by the flood.