Flood threat looms large over Patna

Patna: Flood threat looms large over Patna as river Ganga is maintaing risingg trend of one cm every hour after it crossed danger mark here. On Thursday afternoon, it’s level touched 50.10 cm,much above danger level

Ganga river waters entered the headquarters of Ganga water commission at 4 pm today.

The river water crossed danger marks in the rural areas of Patna also and inunduated Athmalgola town in Barh sub_division.People staying in the marooned village have taken shelter on National highways 31.

Officials at Barh said flooded Mahane and Panchane rivers have reached one km away from National highways and 11 wards of the sub_divisional town are submerged.

Patna is surrounded by three rivers_ Ganga,Sone and Punpun.

On Thursday evening, Punpun river crossed all time high of 52.35 cm submerging half a dozen villages.River Sone which was flowing much above red signal at Sripalpur has flooded Maner and Bihta towns.

–INDIA NEWS STREAM