The Sharda and the Saryu rivers are flowing above the hazard mark. (Representational)
Lucknow:
Over 600 villages in 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh have been affected by floods, with the Sharda and the Saryu rivers flowing above the hazard mark at some locations within the state, a authorities official stated immediately.
The deluge-hit districts within the state are Ambedkarnagar, Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Bahraich, Ballia, Barabanki, Basti, Deoria, Farrukhabad, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Lakhimpur Khiri, Kushinagar, Mau, Sant Kabir Nagar and Sitapur.
Aid Commissioner Sanjay Goyal stated the flood scenario within the state is bettering. Of 690 villages hit by the deluge, 299 villages are fully flooded, he stated.
The Sharda river was flowing above the hazard mark at Palia Kalan in Lakhimpur Kheri, whereas the Saryu river was flowing above the hazard mark at Ayodhya, Elgin Bridge in Barabanki and Turtipar in Ballia.
The state authorities has constructed 373 reduction camps and 784 “baarh chowki” (flood posts). As many as 465 boats are getting used within the reduction and rescue operation, Goyal stated.
Twenty-nine groups of the NDRF, SDRF and PAC have been pressed into the reduction work.
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