Rain-related deaths mount to 31, flood threat in UP

Press Trust Of India

Lucknow, July 30, 2007

First Published: 19:33 IST(30/7/2007)

Last Updated: 20:34 IST(30/7/2007)

With six more people dying in house collapses since Sunday, the toll in rain-related deaths across Uttar Pradesh mounted to 31 as the threat of flood loomed large with the water level of several rivers rising.

While two people each were killed in Maharajganj and Siddharthnagar when the wall of their house collapsed, one person each drowned in Balrampur and Jaunpur districts, official sources here said today.

Rains continued to lash several parts of the state saince yesterday with Balrampur receiving maximum of 18mm rainfall and Bahraich 15mm, weather office sources said.

Meanwhile, the water level of major rivers Ganga, Ghaghra and Gomti were rising along their courses threatening floods in their catchment areas, reports said.

Over two lakh population in hundreds of villages in Baharaich, Balrampur and B arabanki districts were affected by the floods, the sources said.

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