Whereas Ganga is flowing above the hazard mark in Varanasi, Mirzapur, Ghazipur and Ballia, Yamuna is above the purple mark in Auraiya, Kalpi, Hamipur, Prayagraj and Banda, based on a report from the aid commissioner's workplace.
Betwa can be flowing above the hazard mark in Hamirpur, it mentioned.
The state acquired 14.2 mm rainfall on Sunday, with 24 districts receiving heavy rainfall.
At current 13 districts of the state are dealing with floods, together with Prayagraj, Jalaun, Auraiya, Mirzapur, Varanasi, Kanpur Dehat, Banda, Etawah, Fatehpur, Kanpur metropolis and Chitrakoot, the report mentioned.
In Varanasi, the water stage of the Ganga river crossed the hazard mark right here on Monday morning, submerging ghats and forcing the authorities to shift cremation and different non secular rituals to rooftops and raised platforms, officers mentioned.In line with the Central Water Fee, the Ganga was flowing at 72.1 metres by Monday morning, above the hazard stage of 71.262 metres.Shivam Agrahari of Ganga Seva Nidhi mentioned all ghats have been submerged, reducing off entry.
The famed Ganga ‘aarti' on the Dashashwamedh ghat is now being carried out on rooftops, whereas cremations at Manikarnika and Harishchandra ghats are being carried out on elevated platforms.
District authorities have imposed a ban on boat motion within the river as a precautionary measure. Groups of the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Drive (NDRF) are patrolling the flood-affected areas and rescuing stranded people to safer areas, the officers mentioned.
In Prayagraj, because of heavy rains for the previous couple of days, the water stage of Ganga and Yamuna is above the hazard mark of 84.73 metres since Saturday, because of which greater than 200 villages of the district and about 60 settlements of the town have been flooded.
In line with the information launched by the district administration, the water stage of Yamuna river was recorded at 86.04 metres in Naini at 8 am on Monday, whereas the water stage of Ganga river was recorded at 86.03 metres in Phaphamau.
The district administration has suspended instructing work in colleges with flood aid camp facilities arrange for residents of the flood-affected areas within the metropolis.
Officers mentioned 107 wards and localities underneath Sadar tehsil within the metropolis are affected by floods, of which Rajapur, Beli Kachhar, Chandpur Salori, Govindpur, Chhota Baghada and Bada Baghada are majorly affected.
In rural areas, 18 villages of Phulpur tehsil, eight of Soraon, 12 of Meja, eight of Bara tehsil and 6 villages of Handia tehsil are affected by the flood.
