Additional Chief Secretary of Disaster Management Department in Bihar Pratyaya Amrit held a review meeting with the DMs of the districts situated on the banks of the Ganga river through video conferencing on Monday. Civil Surgeon, District Agriculture Officer and Animal Husbandry Officer were also present with the DM. 13 lakh 56 thousand population under 376 Gram Panchayats in 65 blocks of 12 districts situated on the banks of the Ganga, Buxar, Bhojpur, Saran, Vaishali, Patna, Samastipur, Begusarai, Lakhisarai, Munger, Khagaria, Bhagalpur and Katihar are flood affected. 463 community kitchen centers are being run by the district administration in the flood affected areas. About two and a quarter lakh people are being fed daily in this.

Serving fried food in the camp has been banned. Apart from this, there are 3850 flood refugees in nine relief camps. Till now, about one lakh 59 thousand 300 polythene sheets and about 39 thousand dry ration packets have been distributed. 1350 boats are being operated for the convenience of people in the affected areas. Doctors have been deputed. 17 boat ambulances are also being operated, which have a mobile team.

During the review, the Additional Chief Secretary directed that in the area where water is spreading, people should be brought to a safe place with the help of NDRF or SDRF. Children, elderly and pregnant women have been asked to take special care. All necessary measures including spraying of bleaching powder have been instructed to be taken after the water is drained. All measures have also been asked to prevent and protect against dengue. The water level of the Ganga river is decreasing rapidly, but instructions have been given to monitor it for a few days.

Impact on rail operations

Meanwhile, due to flood water reaching the girder of bridge number-195 between Sultanganj and Ratanpur stations of Jamalpur-Bhagalpur railway section, the operation of trains between Sultanganj-Jamalpur remained closed for the second consecutive day on Monday. Chief Public Relations Officer of East Central Railway Saraswati Chandra gave this information. The operation of 13 trains was canceled while 18 trains are being operated through a changed route.

In the information issued by Malda Railway Division Headquarters, it has been said that the water level on the bridge between Bariyarpur Ratanpur is stable. There has been a partial decrease in the water level at some places. Eastern Railway Malda Division Administration will not operate trains between Jamalpur Bhagalpur on Tuesday also. CPRO of Eastern Railway Kolkata Kaushik Mitra said that due to the increase in water level between Ratanpur-Bariyarpur in Jamalpur-Bhagalpur section, the operation of trains will remain closed from both sides.