The Uttar Pradesh government has requisitioned the Centre for further deployment of National Disaster Response Force, NDRF at Moradabad and Gonda districts badly hit by flood. State Relief Commissioner K K Sinha has said that two columns each of NDRF would be deployed in these two districts along with boats for relief and rescue operations. AIR Lucknow correspondent reports that the flood situation has worsened in Moradabad where the water of overflowing Ramganga River has affected the traffic on the National Highway-24 linking Delhi and Lucknow. The Highway was closed for the last three days between Moradabad and Rampur. The situation in the eastern districts of the state is already serious as the turbulent Ganga, Sharda, Ghaghra, Rapti and Saryu rivers have crossed the danger mark at several places due to heavy rainfall and release of water from different dams and barrages on the rivers. Due to release of water from Tajewala dam in Haryana, the water-level of Yamuna river has risen in many places. Baharaich, Gorakhpur, Gonda, Barabanki, Moradabad, Meerut , Ghaziabad and Bijnore continued to be affected by the flood. Flood situation in Lakhimpur district continues to remain grim with the heavy discharge of waters into Sharda from Banbasa barrage. Seven SSB border outposts have been inundated by water from Sharda, affecting patrolling on Indo-Nepal border. As per reports available, at least ten people were killed in rain and flood related incidents in the state during last 24 hours. Four people died in Hardoi, three in Ballia, two in Etawah and one in Jaunpur in various rain-related incidents. In Uttarakhand, the Yamunotri and Kedarnath route have been re-opened but many other national highways are still closed due to landslides following intermittent rain in different parts of the state. Three more persons were reported killed in rain related incidents. Met Department Director Anand Sharma told AIR Dehradun correspondent that the forecast is that light to moderate rain may occur at various places whereas heavy rain is likely in the foot hills of Dehradun, Champavat and Nainital in the next 24 hours. In Bihar, the rivers Ganga, Kosi, Bagmati and Mahananda are in spate. The surging waters of Ganga has entered into the premises of Engineering and Agricultural colleges in Bhagalpur. The colleges have been closed till 27 of this month due to floods. The state government has deployed five teams of National Disaster Response Force in Saharsa, Madhepura, Supaul, Khagaria and Gopalganj districts to provide emergency response during floods. Meteorological Department has forecast normal to heavy rains in catchment areas of various rivers of the state. In Assam, the overall flood situation in Dhemaji district has begun to improve as rain has stopped in the catchment areas. The water level in most of the rivers, originating from Arunachal Pradesh, is receding. More than one lakh, fifty five thousand population in the district were affected in the current wave of floods. Road traffic to the district headquarters of Dhemaji has been restored after repair of the damaged portion of National highway 52 at Samarajan. The road communication between Silapathar and Dhemaji still remains cut off. AIR correspondent reports, the Centre is likely to send a high-level team to Assam soon to assess the flood situation in the state. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had conveyed this to a group of MPs from the state who raised the issue when they met him in New Delhi on Thursday