It started raining heavily in different areas of Patna from 2 pm on Wednesday. It stopped in the evening after raining heavily for about two hours. But after about two hours, it started raining again, which sometimes light and sometimes heavy, continued till late night. Till eight o’clock in the evening, 33.5 mm of rain was recorded and even after that it continued intermittently.
Due to heavy rains in the afternoon, there was waterlogging on the roads in many areas of the capital. In front of JP Golambar in Gandhi Maidan Circle, about one foot of water was visible during this period. The road leading to the High Court from behind Hotel Pataliputra near Income Tax Golambar also saw up to one feet of water.
In front of the Vidhan Sabha, at the martyr’s memorial Golambar, water was seen from half a foot to one foot. There was water logging in many places in low-lying areas like Ramakrishna Nagar, Jaganpura. Due to the construction work of the road in Ashok Rajpath, it was broken and due to rain water getting filled in it, people had trouble in coming and going. In many localities of Kankarbagh also water logging was seen during the rains. This made it difficult for people to come and go.
During the rains, municipal workers were seen trying to extract water at many places. During this, in various wards, the QRT of the Municipal Corporation was seen opening the cover of the manhole located near the roads and waking up the catchpit. Along with this, efforts were made to throw out water from the low-lying areas by installing super sucker machines and also with the help of tubewells.
The drainage pumping stations were run to their full capacity by the corporation personnel and the inflow and outflow of water in them were also continuously monitored. This was the reason that as the water came during the rains, when the drizzle stopped, it was also seen coming out at the same speed.
Due to rain, the water level of Ganga has also started increasing. Water has reached the steps of the ghat on the banks of the Ganges. Janardan Ghat in Digha, water has reached the bottom of Pati bridge and entered the way. Due to this the movement has been disrupted. People are coming and going by entering the water. For the last four days, the water level of Ganga is increasing. Because of this, the water of the Ganga has reached the steps of the Ghat of BN College. Due to water on the river front road built on the banks of the Ganges, people are walking in it.
The water level of Ganga reached 49.37 meters in Digha on Wednesday. Whereas in Gandhi Ghat this level was 48.33 meters. The water level has been increasing continuously since four days. The danger level at Digha Ghat is 50.45 metres. The danger level is 1.08 meters below, while the danger level in Gandhi Ghat is 48.60 meters. It is only 0.27 meters below the danger level. It will not take time to reach the danger level if there is an increase in water. Digha Ghat had a level of 49.02 meters on August 8, 48.45 meters on August 7 and 47.91 meters on August 6. On the other hand, Gandhi Ghat had a level of 47.90 meters on August 8, 47.48 meters on August 7 and 47.05 meters on August 6.