Sir,

Bihar is a state where several rivers flow along with their tributaries such as Ganga, Kosi, Bagmati, Sone, Punpun, Gandhak, Phalgu and so on.

A few days back the water level of river Ganga, Koshi and Gandhak has crossed their respective danger marks in  several districts of north Bihar.Flooding has caused the loss of thousands of lives and enormous damage in the flooded areas. The river Ganga has crossed the  danger mark in  Patna as well.

Flood water has entered in the low-lying areas of Patna like LTC Ghat, Gandhi Ghat, NIT Ghat and many others. The Government has declared an alert in the city for the people and the residents of the low-lying areas of the Patna to move to the higher places until the situation gets under control. The Government has also put on alert to several rescue team; National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) to tackle any eventuality.

It is expected by the officials and experts that in 24 hours the danger level in Ganga will rise rapidly, which has not happened for a long time. People have started storing food in bulk so that if the city gets flooded  they won’t suffer from food scarcity at least. Some officials speculated that this might become a repeat of the historic 1976 inundation of Patna. This report has created anxiety among the Patna-ites. The government has tried to reassure the citizens that it is ready in all possible ways to deal with the flood, in case it happens.

Yours Truly,

Kaveri Priyambada, Student

Communicative English with Media Studies , Patna Women’s College

Patna – 800001

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