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.In Uttarakhand, Rishikesh-Badrinath national highway and some other routes have been opened for vehicular traffic. These highways were damaged last week following the heavy rains and landslides. Meanwhile in Pithoragarh rain hampered the relief and rescue operation today. Met department has predicted isolated rainfall may occur at few places in coming 24 hours.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.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. In Haryana, one lakh six thousand cusecs of water has been discharged in Yamuna from Hathinikund barrage today. Although the overall flood situation in the State is improving, in Faridabad district, more than 20 villages including Kabulpur have been submerged in three to six feet deep water. In Panipat district, at Thokar village near Pathargarh, a breach has occurred on the embankment of Yamuna due to soil erosion. The district administration has started repair and relief work. According to official sources, the situation is under control. 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.