Image: Flood affected villagers on the runway of Patna Airport.
Picture credit: Girdhari Mandal.
Patna/Bhagalpur: The angry flood affected villagers in Bhagalpur district of Patna broke off the Patna Airport wall near zero mile. Nearly 500 people have started living on the airport runway now. They have tied their cattle including buffaloes on the runway.
The villagers hailing from Shehzadpur area near block headquarters have also started fixing up hand pumps for water on the runway. They have been living at the block headquarters from past 10 days but they were not provided with any flood relief supplies. Thereafter, they reached the restricted area of the airport along with their cattle.
Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi along with Water Resources Minister Vijay Kumar conducted an air survey on Friday. Other than Saharsa division , he inspected many other flood affected regions along with senior officials. Total 14 districts are suffering from crisis after the flood.
CM Manjhi have ordered to increase the relief operations. He has also directed the officials to provide one quintal rice and cash to families affected due to flood. After flood affected people complained about not receiving any relief supplies, Manjhi have ordered investigation into the matter.
Manjhi told that administration has been trying to get in touch with Home Minister Rajnath Singh but could not get through. he said all the reports are ready and have witnessed the situation in the region himself. He told that he will try again to talk to Union Minister.
The water level of Ganga and other prominent rivers is still rising at constant speed. River Ghaghra might even break its previous report. The level of Bagmati and Adhwara rivers also remained constant on Friday.
- Source: http://daily.bhaskar.com
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