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Over 570 UP villages flood-hit

indo asian news service Lucknow, 1 July More than 570 villages of Uttar Pradesh have been hit by floods following…

indo asian news service
Lucknow, 1 July
More than 570 villages of Uttar Pradesh have been hit by floods following incessant downpour in most parts of the state since Sunday, officials said today.
Most districts in the flood-hit areas have received 25 to 30 mm rainfall in the last one day and the rivers are in spate in the areas, leading to flooding of villages.
Regional met director J P Gupta told IANS that there was a low pressure over eastern Uttar Pradesh and in such conditions, more rains would come in this week. Teams of the provincial armed constabulary (PAC), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other wings of the state police have been pressed into service to evacuate people to safer places.
The regional met office has predicted continued rains in most parts of the state over the next two days, with "very heavy rains" in the eastern parts of the state. Rains continued to drench the state capital with June being declared the wettest month in the last one decade.
The maximum temperature came down to 25.9 degrees, which is well over 10 degrees down the normal temperature in this part of the year.
In eastern UP, rivers like the Boodhi Rapti, the Ghaghra and the Sharda are flowing above the danger level at many places and a bridge near Chowki Didai on the Siddharthanagar-Basti national highway has been washed away by the Jamuar Nala.

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