The chief engineer was lastly pulled to security, the video exhibits
Patna:
It was a slender escape for a Bihar official who was inspecting a collapsed embankment in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district. A video exhibits the chief engineer being swept away by the Ganga attributable to sturdy currents when he was on inspection obligation at Ismailpur Bindtoli in Naugachia subdivision of Bhagalpur, round 220 kms from state capital Patna.
The State Catastrophe Response Workforce (SDRF) stationed close by instantly launched a rescue operation, the video exhibits. The rescue group might be heard saying ,”Koi baat nahi sir, aaram se” (No worries Sir, take it straightforward)
Bihar: Whereas inspecting a collapsed embankment in Bhagalpur, Katihar’s Chief Engineer was swept away by the Ganga River. The SDRF group shortly rescued him, and he’s secure pic.twitter.com/3sFj7bJRIE
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One of many SDRF officers on the inflatable rescue boat might be heard instructing his peer to decelerate the pace of the boat and make a flip. The chief engineer was lastly pulled to security because of the immediate and fast response of the SDRF group, the clip exhibits.
On Friday, a authorities college trainer fell into the Ganga close to Patna and received swept away by sturdy currents, officers instructed PTI. The incident befell at Nasriganj ghat the place Avinash Kumar took a ship to achieve his college.
Whereas using the boat, he tripped and fell into the riverbed, which stays swollen throughout the wet season, police stated.
Rivers Flowing Above Hazard Mark
Many rivers in Bihar are in spate and are flowing above the hazard mark. The regional climate division has issued a warning for ‘average’ to ‘heavy’ rainfall in 17 districts of the state.
The Ganga is at the moment flowing above the hazard stage at a number of factors in Bihar, in keeping with an IANS report. At Gandhi Ghat in Patna, it’s 44 cm above the hazard mark and 52 cm above the hazard stage at Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur.
The scenario, notably in Bhagalpur, stays worrisome as floodwaters from the Ganga have entered a number of villages.
“We now have performed rescue operations with groups from the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure (NDRF) and State Catastrophe Response Pressure (SDRF). We’re working with 12 groups from NDRF and SDRF, rescuing villagers and taking them to increased floor, Nawak Kishore Chaudhary, the District Justice of the Peace of Bhagalpur instructed IANS.
“Public kitchens have been set as much as present meals to the affected residents. We’re carefully monitoring the water ranges within the area,” he added.
Residents have been suggested to train warning and comply with the directions of native authorities.
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