September 25, 2011 6:29 PM

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Nitish reviews flood situation in Bihar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday reviewed the flood situation in several districts with rivers Sone and Ganga in spate after release of over nine lakh cusecs from Indrapuri barrage.The chief minister, who spoke to the district officials of Rohtas, Aurangabad, Arwal, Bhojpur, Saran, Patna, Munger and Bhagalpur, directed them to issue alert and warn people about the flood situation.Mr. Kumar also held a review meeting with the Water Resources Development (WRD) Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Chief Secretary Anup Mukherjee, WRD Principal Secretary Afzal Amanullah and Disaster Management Principal Secretary Vyasji. He urged the officials to constantly monitor thesituation and carry out rescue and relief works as required.The meetings took place in the backdrop of 9.58 lakhcusecs, the highest since 1975, of water being discharged fromIndrapuri barrage Sunday morning.

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