Banda, 02 Aug

(HS): The water level of the Yamuna river is flowing about two and a half

meters above the danger mark. In just one night, a dangerous rise of one and a

half meters was recorded in the water level, due to which more than two dozen

villages of the district came under the grip of flood. Hundreds of kutcha

houses have been submerged in water and many villages have become islands. The

district administration has started relief and rescue operations. Victims are being

taken to safe places. The water level of Yamuna was recorded at 102.68 meters

at 8 am on Saturday.

The danger mark of Yamuna is 100 meters. Traffic has

completely stopped due to waterlogging on the National Highway and Lalauli road

between Chilla-Tara. Police is advising drivers to take alternative routes. Due

to the flood, many connecting roads have also been submerged, due to which the

connectivity between the villages has been cut off.

In Shankar Purwa

village of Palani area, Yamuna water has filled up to 10 to 12 feet in front of

the Panchayat Bhawan. People are forced to move around by boats. Sick and

pregnant women are being evacuated by motorboats and taken to safe places or

hospitals.

Villages like

Tarauda, Nandadev, Padhora, Amara, Barehta, Shivrampur, Dippa Dera, Fakira

Dera, Naya Dera, Hazari Dera and Banjari Dera in Jaspura area have become

islands. Due to the explosion of electricity transformers, essential facilities

like electricity, water, health and education have come to a standstill.

Jaspura Stadium

and Tarauda Majra are completely submerged in water. Jaspura-Jhanjharipurva

road is also submerged. Water is flowing 6 to 12 feet on the causeway in

Gaurikalan and Gadaria village. Movement here is possible only by boat. Farmers

of Nandadev, Gaurikala, Bhatha, Amara and Jaspura said that hundreds of acres

of tur, sesame and jowar crops have been destroyed. The villagers have demanded

immediate compensation from the administration. Amlikaur's Pradhan

representative Deshraj Singh has also confirmed the huge loss of crops.

In the Tindwari

area, water has entered the villages of Amlikaur, Benda, Joharpur, Lohari and

Jalalpur. In Lohari, kutcha houses have started collapsing. In the Baberu area,

flood water is flowing up to two feet above the culverts in Majhiwa, Kevatra,

Badauli, Badhaila, Simouni, Tola Kala, Samagra, Bakal and Marka. In Baghela

village, the primary school has been submerged due to four feet of water, due

to which the villagers have to take shelter in the junior school. SDM Ankit

Verma said that teams of the Revenue Department are deployed in the affected

areas and continuous monitoring is being done. According to Additional

Superintendent of Police Shivraj, the water level of Yamuna and Ken rivers is

continuously rising, due to which the main roads of the district are also

flooded.

Among the affected

routes are Banda-Chilla-Lalauli Road Completely closed. Banda-Baberu-Rajapur

Road: Closed due to waterlogging between Kamasin and Rajapur. Banda-Hamirpur

Road: Traffic from Paprenda to Hamirpur has come to a halt. Roads leading to

Kanpur, Fatehpur, Prayagraj are also blocked. The administration has advised

travellers to travel via Bendaghat Bridge, Aughasi Ghat Bridge or Bundelkhand

Expressway. Meanwhile, according to the Central Water Commission, the water

level of Ken River has started receding. The water level was recorded at 102.44

m at 8:00 am. Now the water level is receding.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi