Rain and flood continued to batter several parts of North India.The flood situation has worsened in Uttar Pradesh, especially in the western part of the state. Army has been called in for rescue and relief operations in Shahjahanpur and Badaun districts. All major rivers in the state continued to flow above the danger mark following discharge of water in barrages. The state government has declared Western Uttar Pradesh as a disaster-hit zone and sought a flood relief package of worth 2,000 crore rupees from the Centre.Some of the worst-affected districts in the region included Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Rampur, Bijnore, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shajahanpur, Jotipholanagar, Badayun and Saharanpur.NDRF and PAC personnel are assisting in flood relief works and food packets are being dropped in marooned villages in the affected districts.The traffic on the National Highway connecting Delhi with Lucknow continued to remain adversely hit.Ganga is flowing above the danger mark at Bulandshahr and Kannauj. Ram Ganga is flowing above the danger mark in Moradabad and Shanjahanpur and Yamuna is flowing above the red mark in Mavi, Mathura and Auraiya. Sharda is flowing above the danger level at Palia Kalan and Kheri.Ghaghra is flowing above the red mark at Elgin Bridge, Barabanki, Ayodhya, Bahraich and Siddhartnagar.Five members of a family were killed when their house collapsed following heavy rains in Baghpat district. The incident happened in Mata colony in Kotwali area. In Shahjahanpur district, two children were drowned and at least four others went missing when an Army rescue motor boat capsized in Ramganga.The flood situation has improved in Uttarakhand. A number of roads have been re-opened for vehicular traffic. Traffic resumed on Haldwani-Almora, Dehradun-New Tehri and few other roads yesterday. However, many roads are still blocked after the landslides and heavy rain hit the state last week. Relief work is being carried out in full swing with the help of ITBP, NDRF and army. A large number of pilgrims and tourists are still stranded at several places for about a week's time. Helicopters dropped food packets for stranded people.AIR correspondent Sunil Shukla reports from Lucknow that in Uttar Pradesh Hardoi district administration has also sought the help of Army after the deployment of army sleuths in Shahjahanpur and Badaun districts. In Bareilly, the broadcast of Doordarshan, All India Radio and two private radio channels are still suspended although flood water has started receding. Bareilly-Badaun and Bareilly-Agra routes remained affected. The flood condition continued to be grim in Badaun district, where flood waters have entered several villages in Dataganj and Gunnaur tehsils. In Bulandshehar and Aligarh districts flood situation has worsened after fresh release of more than 4 lakhs cusecs of water from Narora dam. As per reports available from relief commissioner 554 villages of 13 flood-hit districts were submerged in floods water in the last 24 hours. The state government sanctioned an additional sum of 100 crore rupees for the rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit districts. Meanwhile five members of a family were killed when their house collapsed following heavy rains in Baghpat district. In Shahjahanpur district two children were drowned and at least four others went missing when an Army rescue motor boat capsized in Ramganga.AIR correspondent Raghvesh Pandey reports from Dehradun that some more roads have been opened for vehicular traffic in the state and officials assured that the situation would normalise in a week's time provided favorable weather. However, the entire Administrative machinery is continuously working to ensure connectivity, proper water and food supply to the affected areas. A large number of camps have also been started by the Administration to provide free food and tents to the people in the worst affected areas. Meanwhile, the stranded 37 pilgrims of the last batch of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra are likely to be airlifted today.In the national capital, the water level in the Yamuna began receding yesterday, slightly improving the flood-like situation in several low-lying areas along its banks. However, the river continued to flow well above the danger mark. A transport department official said the operation at the ISBT in Kashmiri Gate has to be closed down totally due to almost waist-deep flood waters in the complex.Heavy rain lashed several parts of Himachal Pradesh, triggering landslides at various areas in the state and disrupting flight and train services.The train services on Shimla-Kalka narrow gauge section remained suspended due to landslides at some places and sinking of track near Kaithalighat.Shimla-Delhi flights were suspended, while a rescue operation to evacuate 40 tourists from Sangal valley in Kinnaur district has to be aborted due to inclement weather. As many as 123 tourists are trapped in the valley for the past eight days due to massive landslides on Karchham-Sangla road.The state capital Shimla recorded 84.2 mm rainfall followed by Solan at 82.6 mm.Incessant rain hit many parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh with swollen Yamuna and Sutlej rivers keeping army and civil authorities on high alert. Heavy downpours inundated several low-lying areas in the two states.Most of the areas along the embankments of Yamuna and Sutlej rivers in the two states are affected by flash floods. The worst affected districts included Yamunanagar, Karnal, Panipat, Sonepat, Palwal, Jhajjar, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Ludhiana, Feozepur, Patiala and Ropar.Chandigarh recorded 66.8 mm of rain followed by Patiala at 52.3 mm. Water level in Yamuna river in the National capital has started receding but still flowing over 1.3 metres above the danger mark. It was at 206.14 metres at 9 am this morning. According to the forecast, it is expected to come down to 205.85 metres by the evening. However, several low-lying areas in Delhi remain inundated. The Inter-State Bus Terminal at Kashmiri Gate has been partially submerged, and operations there were affected as waters entered the complex.Meanwhile, Haryana has released another 83,000 cusecs of water today.