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Flood-like situation in UP after heavy rains, Nepal releases 37,000 cusecs of water

Lucknow, July 1 (UNI) Following widespread rains during the past 48 hours in the entire Uttar Pradesh and catchment areas of the rivers in Nepal, a flood-like situation has started emerging in the state.

According to reports here today, Nepal has released 37,000 cusecs of water from Rapti Barrage, and due to this, the Rapti river in Balrampur is in spate and threat of floods has started looming.
Already flood waters have entered 12 villages in Balrampur district and in many places, sugarcane and paddy crops have merged into the river.

In Amroha, the water level of the Ganga river has increased by 30 cm due to continuous rains in Uttarakhand. Due to this, the several temporary sheds on the river bank have been submerged.

Another report from Pilibhit said a breach was detected in a canal with an erosion of about 10 feet wide. Due to this, 50 bigha crop was submerged in the flood waters. The irrigation department team has reached the spot and has started repair work.

Due to continuous rains, the water level of Ganga-Yamuna rivers in Prayagraj is also increasing. Police are refusing to allow the devotees to go deep into the water while temporary sheds on the river banks have have been removed.

Due to heavy rains, flights from Gorakhpur Airport to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad were affected due to bad weather. Six flights left with a delay of one to two hours.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department has issued alert for heavy rains in 35 districts of UP for today and tomorrow.
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