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Bihar floods: Kharge asks Centre, state govt to expedite relief and rescue operations
Millennium Post Delhi
|October 04, 2024
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the flood situation in Bihar, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday demanded that the Centre and state government should expedite the relief and rescue operations.
According to the disaster management department, the number of people affected by flood has reached 14.62 lakh.
“The flood situation in Bihar is becoming terrible. Nearly 15 lakh people in 17 districts are affected by the floods and the news of many deaths in the last few days is extremely painful,” Kharge said in a post on X in Hindi.
The Congress president said the bridges have collapsed and the homes of citizens have been destroyed due to the disaster, especially in north Bihar.
This story is from the October 04, 2024 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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