River Punpun showing receding trend

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Patna : River Punpun, which was flowing 3.01 metres above the danger mark, was showing receding trend on October 5, 2019. The river, which was flowing 3.01 metres above the danger mark in Bihar, has started receding. The water level of river Ganga was also flowing below the red mark at Digha Ghat in Patna, according Water Resources Department bulletin. Punpun was showing a falling trend at the rate of one cm per hour recording 53.55 m at Sripalpur in Patna district on October 5.

The water level  Punpun was just a few centimetres below its highest level of 53.91 metres that it touched in 1976. The receding water of the Punpun had, however, entered several areas of rural Patna before it started receding. About 73,000 people of 53 villages under 6  blocks of Patna District  : Punpun, Dhanarua, Paliganj, Sampatchak, Naubatpur and Phulwarisharif, have been affected by the increase in the water level of Punpun. The water level of the river has receded by six cm since October 4, 2019, evening. Punpun was flowing above 3.01 m above the danger mark on Friday evening and is showing a ‘falling’ trend at the rate of one cm per hour recording 53.55 m at Sripalpur in Patna district at 9 am on Saturday, it said.

NDRF and SDRF teams were pressed into service to carry out relief and rescue operations and 41 community kitchens have been set up to provide food to the affected population.

In Patna, heavy-duty pumps have been pressed into service for flushing out water from the worst-affected localities including  Rajendra Nagar, Kankarbagh, and Pataliputra Colony. Small pumps are being used for clearing waterlogged alleys.