Lucknow: Heavy monsoon rains are lashing Uttar Pradesh, with the state’s rivers in full spate and raising fears of a flood situation near the Ganges. The Ganga, Yamuna, and Betwa rivers are flowing above danger levels, posing a serious threat to low-lying areas in Hamirpur, Agra, and Prayagraj.
While Ganga is flowing above the danger mark in Varanasi, Mirzapur, Ghazipur, and Ballia, Yamuna is above the red mark in Auraiya, Kalpi, Hamipur, Prayagraj, and Banda, according to a report from the relief commissioner’s office.
At present, 13 districts of the state are facing floods, including Prayagraj, Jalaun, Auraiya, Mirzapur, Varanasi, Kanpur Dehat, Banda, Etawah, Fatehpur, Kanpur city, and Chitrakoot, the report said.
According to the Meteorological Department, clouds are going to hit many parts of eastern and western Uttar Pradesh today. An alert for heavy rain has been issued in Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Baghpat, Shamli (UP Weather Alert), and Saharanpur. While the havoc of rain can also be seen in the areas around Ghazipur, Basti, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Azamgarh, and Ballia districts of eastern UP.
Furthermore, district authorities have imposed a ban on boat movement in the river as a precautionary measure. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are patrolling the flood-affected areas and rescuing stranded individuals to safer locations, the officials said.
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