Floodwaters continue to disrupt large parts of Uttar Pradesh as heavy monsoon rain and swollen rivers left 23 districts under water. Officials said 16,784 people have been moved to safer locations so far, including 3,042 rescued yesterday alone. Meanwhile three people have died in rain-related incidents.
The dead include an 18-month-old child, Priyansh, in Pratapgarh, and two men, Shera, 32, and Suresh, 55, in Amroha’s Gajraula area. While 35 districts have been affected at different points during the current spell, the situation remains active in 23 districts. These include Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Ballia, Barabanki, Badaun, Chandauli, Farrukhabad, Ghazipur, Gorakhpur, Hardoi, Kasganj, Lakhimpur Kheri, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Pilibhit, Prayagraj, Raebareli, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shahjahanpur, Sitapur, Sonbhadra, Unnao and Varanasi.
The state government has set up 1,311 flood shelters, of which only 201 are currently operational and housing displaced families. Relief teams have provided assistance in 442 cases of damaged houses. Livestock losses have also been recorded, with 36,287 animals affected across the inundated areas. Authorities have deployed 1,499 boats and motorboats for rescue and relief work and pressed 1,067 medical teams into service. Foodgrain packets numbering 68,953 and more than 3.36 lakh lunch packets have been distributed.
In Chitrakoot, the Mandakini river rose sharply after heavy rain in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, flooding low-lying settlements. Around 150 people were rescued from Chaura village with the help of motorboats of the 42nd Battalion of the Provincial Armed Constabulary. In Ballia, rising levels of the Ganga and Saryu have affected roughly 20,500 people in villages and urban pockets of Sadar, Bairia and Bansdih tehsils. Boats are operating in waterlogged lanes and ration kits, medicine kits and cooked-food packets continue to be distributed.
In Varanas, the Ganga crossed the warning level, forcing the temporary shifting of cremation activities at some ghats and the evacuation of families living along the Varuna. Similar waterlogging has been reported from parts of Prayagraj, Ghazipur and other eastern districts where embankments and low-lying colonies remain under pressure.
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The India Meteorological Department has forecast further spells of heavy rain over parts of the state, keeping administration and disaster-response teams on alert. Power supply has been interrupted in several localities where poles were damaged or submerged. Schools in the worst-hit pockets have been closed and traffic on certain rural roads remains restricted.
District magistrates have been directed to maintain continuous monitoring of river levels, keep relief camps stocked and ensure that medical teams reach every affected habitation. Survey teams are moving through villages to assess house damage and livestock losses so that compensation can be processed. For families whose homes and fields remain under water the immediate priority is dry shelter, food and the safety of children and cattle. With rivers still running high and more rain expected, the scale of relief operations is likely to remain elevated in the coming days.
