Flood in Bihar: The rainy season in Bihar has now ended. But, after this the river erosion continues. Due to this, agricultural land has been submerged in the river. Many villages of Diara area have also disappeared. Due to erosion by the strong current of Ganga in Batrauli Mauj of Akilpur police station of Diara in Danapur, Patna, the cultivable land is getting merged into the Ganga. According to the villagers, no steps have been taken yet by the administration to stop erosion. Regarding this, the villagers have demanded from the state government and water resources department officials to start anti-erosion work. It is said that every year there is erosion in Batrauli due to the strong current and surge of Ganga. Villagers say that the department has not taken any concrete initiative to stop erosion. Due to this, the fertile land of farmers is getting merged into the Ganga.
Many villages merged into erosion
It is said that due to soil erosion, land owners have to suffer losses due to erosion of their land. Many villages of this panchayat situated on the south side of river Ganga are hit by floods every year. Which includes revenue village Batrauli, Farhadda Slahli and other villages. Every year, due to soil erosion, hundreds of bighas of land gets absorbed into the river Ganga. In the past, many villages of Diare have been submerged in the Ganga. Dozens of villages including Habaspur, Hetanpur, Gangahara, Shankarpur, Farhada, Anuchak, located on the southern and northern banks of the river Ganga, have been lost due to the erosion of the river Ganga. Due to this, villagers also migrate. The people of these villages have had to find their new place. It is said that this erosion is gradually increasing towards the village. People have demanded anti-erosion work. It has also been said that they are facing huge losses due to erosion. The lives of many people have been lost in the Ganga. At the same time, many villages have also been submerged in the Ganga.
Death due to drowning in river
At the same time, after the rise in river water level in Bihar, many incidents of death due to drowning in the river have also come to light. In Nawada, the son and another relative, who had come to give water to his father on his 13th birthday, have drowned. This accident happened while bathing in the river. Late among the dead. Badri Narayan Mahato’s son Sudhir Kumar Mahato and his elder brother Mahesh Mahato’s brother-in-law Kamlesh Prasad are included. Kamlesh was a resident of Bairota village of Narhat. Before giving water to the Peepal tree, both of them went to take bath in the river and drowned in the river. After this incident, there is an uproar among the relatives of the deceased.
boat drowned in river
A boat drowned in Kamla river located at Soharba Ghat on Sattighat Rajghat road of Kusheshwarsthan, Darbhanga. There were traders on the boat. However, there was no loss of life or property. The local people showed promptness and pulled the businessman on the boat out of the river along with his belongings. According to the information, a weekly market is organized at Soharba Ghat. In this market, traders and customers from far and wide come to buy and sell various types of goods. After the market was over, some people were loading the remaining vegetable sacks on their bikes and crossing the Kamala river by boat. As soon as the boat left the river bank, after going some distance, the sailor lost his balance and the boat sank in the river. Seeing the boat sinking in the river, the people present there jumped into the river and saved the lives of both the traders including the sailor by pulling them out of the water.