By Express News Service
LUCKNOW: The Varanasi district administration has put restrictions on the motion of individuals together with vacationers and native residents together with the boats on the ghats of river Ganga because the water stage continued to rise on the fee of three cm per hour in Varanasi on Saturday.
According to the authorities, if the present pattern of swelling continued, the Ganga would contact the warning mark of 70.262 m by Sunday night.
According to the flood bulletin issued by the Central Water Commission, the river was flowing on the mark of 69.48 m at 2 pm on Saturday, simply 0.782 m beneath the warning stage and 1.782 m beneath the hazard mark.
District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma together with different officers took a spherical of the flood-affected areas by boat from Assi Ghat to newly-constructed Namo Ghat on Saturday to take inventory of the state of affairs. The steps of virtually all of the 84 ghats are submerged in Ganga waters breaking the inter-connectivity of the ghats.
Consequently, the venue of Ganga Arti and different rituals together with efficiency of final rites have been shifted to higher platforms. On Harishchandra Ghat, the cremation of our bodies is reportedly happening on rooftops and streets.
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The DM, on Saturday, instructed the officers to make all of the evening shelters and flood camps operational with quick impact in view of the rising pattern of the river.
Varanasi municipal company, and the PWD and irrigation and meals provide departments have been placed on excessive alert. The DM has issued directives to the officers to maintain a decent vigil on the flood state of affairs, depute workforce and make essential preparations to make sure comfort of the folks.
The DM stated that the flood outpost will perform around the clock. The Jal Police personnel have been requested to maintain a vigil on the ghats to avert any untoward incident.
Meanwhile, with the rising stage of Ganga, the again stream of Varuna has additionally began within the district with water having entered homes within the low-lying space of Sairaiyya locality.
The rising pattern of the Ganga continued in Ballia and Ghazipur as properly. The Ganga has already crossed the hazard mark in Ballia and has been flowing 0.485 m above the mark. In Ghazipur, the river was flowing simply 0.935 m beneath the hazard mark.
LUCKNOW: The Varanasi district administration has put restrictions on the motion of individuals together with vacationers and native residents together with the boats on the ghats of river Ganga because the water stage continued to rise on the fee of three cm per hour in Varanasi on Saturday.
According to the authorities, if the present pattern of swelling continued, the Ganga would contact the warning mark of 70.262 m by Sunday night.
According to the flood bulletin issued by the Central Water Commission, the river was flowing on the mark of 69.48 m at 2 pm on Saturday, simply 0.782 m beneath the warning stage and 1.782 m beneath the hazard mark.
District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma together with different officers took a spherical of the flood-affected areas by boat from Assi Ghat to newly-constructed Namo Ghat on Saturday to take inventory of the state of affairs. The steps of virtually all of the 84 ghats are submerged in Ganga waters breaking the inter-connectivity of the ghats.
Consequently, the venue of Ganga Arti and different rituals together with efficiency of final rites have been shifted to higher platforms. On Harishchandra Ghat, the cremation of our bodies is reportedly happening on rooftops and streets.
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The DM, on Saturday, instructed the officers to make all of the evening shelters and flood camps operational with quick impact in view of the rising pattern of the river.
Varanasi municipal company, and the PWD and irrigation and meals provide departments have been placed on excessive alert. The DM has issued directives to the officers to maintain a decent vigil on the flood state of affairs, depute workforce and make essential preparations to make sure comfort of the folks.
The DM stated that the flood outpost will perform around the clock. The Jal Police personnel have been requested to maintain a vigil on the ghats to avert any untoward incident.
Meanwhile, with the rising stage of Ganga, the again stream of Varuna has additionally began within the district with water having entered homes within the low-lying space of Sairaiyya locality.
The rising pattern of the Ganga continued in Ballia and Ghazipur as properly. The Ganga has already crossed the hazard mark in Ballia and has been flowing 0.485 m above the mark. In Ghazipur, the river was flowing simply 0.935 m beneath the hazard mark.
