Army alerted as floods wreck havoc in UP,India

<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Lucknow, Aug 18 - The army was alerted Monday as floods continued to wreck havoc for the second consecutive day in Uttar Pradesh, an official said. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Hundreds of villages have been flooded in Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur and Lakhimpur Kheri districts. Twenty-eight people have so far died, the state government said.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">The fury of Ghaghra, Rapti and Sharda rivers has aggravated after neighbouring Nepal released water.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Doctors' leave has been cancelled over fears of an epidemic outbreak due to the flood waters entering residential areas.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">More than 17,000 people are staying in relief camps, an official told IANS, adding the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been deployed while the army has been alerted.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan said 73 relief camps have been set up.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">The state government has also released Rs.51 crore for relief works. It has also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1.5 lakh each to those who have died in the floods.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">The bureaucrat added Sant Kabir Nagar and Ballia areas were now vulnerable to floods.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">A district official told IANS that it was after a gap of 37 years that flood water had entered Balrampur area. </span></p>

Army alerted as floods wreck havoc in UP,India

Lucknow, Aug 18 - The army was alerted Monday as floods continued to wreck havoc for the second consecutive day in Uttar Pradesh, an officia...

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