Water from a canal is being dumped into the Ganges at Patna’s Digha Ghat.
Due to the combined effect of river runoff from Yamuna and its northern tributaries, the main Ganges is flowing under severe flood condition for the second consecutive week, while the catchment area of Brahmaputra and its tributaries has been predicted to receive heavy rains for the next two weeks. In two to three days, the Central Water Commission (CWC) has been prompted to put the states in the region, especially West Bengal and Assam, on alert.
According to the CWC flood forecasting network on Sunday, one station in Bihar is in ‘extreme flood condition’, with 31 stations – 21 in Bihar, six in Uttar Pradesh, two in Assam and one each in Jharkhand and West Bengal. – are in ‘severe flood condition’ and 25 stations – 10 in Bihar, six in Uttar Pradesh, seven in Assam and one each in Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal are flowing ‘above normal flood condition’.
The CWC has issued ‘inflow forecasts’ for 14 barrages and dams – five in Karnataka, two each in Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and one in West Bengal, the CWC Flood Forecast and Advisory Bulletin said on Sunday.
The main stem of Ganga is flowing from Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) to Murshidabad (West Bengal) districts under severe flood conditions. From Ghazipur to Ballia (UP), the river is falling in a steady state, while from Patna and downstream, it is flowing with an increasing trend.
“Alert may be put in districts of Varanasi, Ghazipur, and Ballia (UP), Buxar, Patna, Munger, Bhagalpur (Bihar), Sahibganj (Jharkhand), and Malda and Murshidabad (West Bengal). Will further increase the peak inflow The water level of the main Ganga in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal in the next 2 to 3 days, the CWC said.
At present, the Ganga is flowing above the high flood level at CWC site Hathidah in Patna district, with the water level being 43.45 meters at 4 PM and 43.49 meters at 8 AM on Monday. The rate of rise in water level has decreased, so it is expected to remain stable in a day or two.
At the CWC’s Bhagalpur site, the Ganga water level is expected to cross the high flood level by 4 pm on Monday, and by then the expected level at the site will be 34.76 metres.
In districts like Badaun and Farrukhabad (UP), the middle reaches of the Ganges are in a higher than normal flood situation. In Barabanki, Ayodhya and Ballia (UP) and Siwan and Saran (Bihar) districts, the Ghaghra river is flowing in normal to severe flood conditions, which is increasing due to rain in the catchment area for the past two days.
Rapti is flowing in moderate to severe flood conditions in Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar and Gorakhpur districts (UP). Sone and Punpun rivers are flowing in Patna due to severe floods.
“At present, the floods generated in the tributaries of Yamuna last week are passing through the Ganges and it may take 3 to 4 days to pass completely, in such a situation, there will be intense rainfall in the catchment areas of the northern tributaries of the Ganges. More runoff has been created due to water pollution. May not easily flow into Ganga. Flood situation may intensify in districts like Ballia (UP), Saran, Bhagalpur, Khagaria, Vaishali and Katihar (Bihar),” the CWC said. warned.
River Kosi in Supaul, Khagaria, and Katihar districts, Bagmati in Sitamarhi, Muzzafarpur, and Darbhanga districts, Gandak in Gopalganj district, Muzaffarpur and Vaishali districts, Adhwara in Darbhanga district, Kamla and Kamlabalan in Madhubani, Burhi Gandak in Samastipur and Khagaria districts, Parman in Araria, Mahananda in Purnia and Katihar districts are flowing in “above normal” to “severe flood situations”.
The flow in Gandak has increased with increasing trend. It has increased in the upper reaches at Bagmati and in the middle and lower reaches at Kosi. The bulletin said that in the coming days, a flood situation may arise in the low-lying areas of these rivers.
In the Brahmaputra basin, the IMD has predicted very heavy rainfall in the catchment area of the river and its tributaries for the next three to four days, therefore, “Alert may be placed over North West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya Is. Mainly in the districts of Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Baksa, Nalbari, Karimganj (Assam) and South-West Khasi Hills, East Khasi Hills (Meghalaya), the whole of Sikkim state,” the CWC bulletin stated.
At present, the water level of the rivers in the Brahmaputra basin is rising due to the rains of the last two-three days. “Jia-Bharali in Sonitpur district and Brahmaputra in Jorhat are flowing under severe flood condition with an increasing trend. Beki River in Barpeta, Gurung in Kohrajhar, Teesta River in Jalpaiguri, Siang River in East Siang (Arunachal Pradesh), Kamrup In the Puthimari river CWC said that the Brahmaputra and Brahmaputra rivers in Dibrugarh districts are flowing in ‘above normal’ flood conditions.
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