Bihar remains in the grip of flood

Patna: Bihar continued to be in the grip of flood on Sunday with the number of affected people increasing by about 12500 people in 24 hours taking the total to 81,44,356 in 16 districts though casualties remained static, a bulletin of the state disaster management department said.
No fresh district was affected by the flood on Sunday and 33 teams of NDRF and SDRF have evacuated 5.46 lakh people so far, it said.
A total 1310 panchayats in 130 blocks under 16 districts have been affected by the deluge, which has so far claimed 25 lives, the bulletin said.
The number of people affected on Saturday was 8,13,1841 in these districts. Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur remained the two most affected districts where 20.61 lakh and 18.98 lakh people respectively have been affected by the floods.
They are followed by East Champaran where 10.19 lakh people have been hit. (PTI)