UP: Destruction began as Yamuna and Betwa rivers overflowed, dozens of villages empty, individuals camped alongside National Highway

Pankaj Mishra, Hamirpur: Now in Hamirpur, UP, the destruction has began from town to the coastal villages because of the rise of many rivers together with Yamuna and Betwa. The flood waters of each the rivers have unfold in half of town. A lot of homes have additionally collapsed. At the identical time, many villages and majras have develop into vacant. Homeless individuals have camped together with their households on the facet of the freeway. Due to the continual rise within the water degree, each the rivers have come to the mouth of breaking the document of 25 years. Hamirpur is located between Yamuna and Betwa rivers. Cities and lots of villages, Majras are going through the brunt of the floods. Due to the passage of twenty-two lakh cusecs of water from Chambal river, Yamuna river is flowing three meters above the hazard mark and attributable to launch of three.70 lakh cusecs from Matatila dam, Betwa river is flowing two meters above. Many villages, together with Diggi, Bhola’s Dera, Churaman’s Dera, Merapur, Bhilwa, Chandulitir, Bramha’s Dera within the metropolis, have been flooded with flood water. Chaitanya Ashram has been constructed on the banks of Yamuna in Bhilwa. The price of a number of crores has additionally been spent within the building works, however it couldn’t be saved from the floods. Many ft of water has been stuffed right here because of the rise of Yamuna. All the homes additionally fell from the demolition. The low-lying residential areas of Old Yamuna Ghat, Betwa Ghat, Gandhi Nagar Gauradevi and Hathi Darwaza inside town have been submerged by the flood waters. All the villages of Maudaha space have come below the flood of Ken river. At the identical time, hundreds of bighas of crops have been submerged because of the floods of rivers. District Magistrate Dnyaneshwar Gypathy mentioned that 13 villages have been affected by the floods. Relief materials is being distributed to 1327 individuals. Nodal officers have additionally been made to take care of floods. Flood victims didn’t get reduction materials for 24 hours, attributable to flood waters being flooded in Degree Muhal, two dozen individuals have gathered their properties and camped on the freeway close to Betwa bridge within the night time itself. All the victims together with Kamala, Malti, Kalidin informed that the homes had been fully submerged by the flood waters. Relief materials has not but been acquired. Haven’t obtained something to eat since morning. Three dozen flood victims have additionally camped close to Rath Tirahe. Those who haven’t obtained assist. The noticed was run by Aurangzeb on this Shivling, the marks are nonetheless current, the rivers reaching the mouth of breaking the document of two and a half a long time, the assistant engineer of the development part informed that Yamuna crossed three meters from the hazard mark to 106.810 meters and Betwa river crossing the purple mark is flowing 106.340 meters above. Let us inform that within the yr 2013, the water degree of Yamuna river was 106.100 meters and the water degree of Betwa had gone as much as 106.080 meters. At the identical time, Yamuna was flowing at 107.110 meters and Betwa 106.500 meters in 1986. .