Ward No. due to flood. Residents of 11, 17, 24, 26 and 31 are the most affected.
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Most of the areas of Birgunj metropolis have been flooded due to continuous rain. According to Metropolitan Chief Rajeshman Singh, due to the increase in the flow of water in Sirsia river, high vigilance has been adopted in the settlements along the river. Work is underway to move the flooded settlements.
Work is underway to relocate the residents in the Duban area of Ward 11 and 17. The affected have been kept in schools and hospices. Chief District Officer of Parsa, Toynarayan Subedi, said that necessary vigilance and precautions have been taken throughout the district, including Birganj. He said that considering the possible risk, all the three security agencies are ready for rescue.
Vedaha Khola used to damage Wards 30 and 31 in the past. Jitendra Prasad Yadav, Ward President of Virganj Mahanagar-31, said that although there was flooding, there was not much damage. He said that the flood in Vedaha river caused some damage to the dam built with sandbags.
Chhath Ghat on the north side of Velwa village and the dam on the west side of Velwa bridge have also been damaged. Sanju Chatkuli, Ward President of Ward 17, said that the water of Tilawe Bridge is coming towards Ward No. 17. He said that the Konia toll in Aloon is at a high risk of being inundated.
There are about 100 households in that village. He said that the work of cutting water using excavators is going on. He said that arrangements have been made to keep the common people of Konia village in Dharamshala in case of flooding.
Ward president of 11 Ajay Kumar Barai said that there is a problem in new settlements of Sripur due to continuous rain. He said that one and a half hundred residents of the Dalit slums living behind the flooded Agricultural Materials Limited have been kept in Dharamshala in Sripur. 24 Ward President Vijay Prasad Kurmi said that the settlements on the banks of the Sirsia river from Saithwa to Thakurram campus are at high risk of inundation.
He said that there is a problem of flooding in Brahmatol, Manmohan Nagar, Jyoti Colony, Bajrang Tol etc. He said that those affected by flooding in the ward were rescued and placed in Kurmi Seva Sadan and Ramzan's Dharamshala. Shambhu Mishra, the ward president of 26, said that there is a problem of flooding due to lack of drainage.
According to the meeting of the District Disaster Management Committee, it has been decided to mobilize all three security agencies for rescue in view of the possible risks that may occur when Sirsia River and other rivers cross the danger level.
The armed police force No. 13 has removed the frozen water in Birgunj Jail located in Birgunj Mahanagar-5 using a motor. Armed Police Superintendent Puran Bhatt said that a family of four members was safely rescued from the vicinity of Deepak Srivastava's new house living near Birgunj Mahanagar-16 Bhutandevin.
A family of 7 people living in Vidyapati Nagar in Ward 11 has been shifted to a safe place. On Saturday, the rescue team deployed in Pokhria Municipality rescued 20 family members who were inundated in Pokhria Municipality-2 Lamaria and transferred them to their relative's house.
