Flood situation still grim across Bihar

With rains abating on Sunday and the Met department predicting ‘light to normal’ rains over the next 24 hours (till Tuesday evening) the overall flood situation in the state looked set to ease but for now the situation was bad enough.

Over 22 lakh people affected by the floods in the 12 districts were facing food and drinking water shortages. Many people have been forced to go without food and drink contaminated flood waters, residents and relief workers from several areas said.

Darbhanga remained the worst hit district with seven lakh people affected while Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Gopalganj, East and West Champaran, Saharsa, Supaul, Khagaria and Purnia were also affected in varying degrees.