This story is from July 25, 2020

21 NDRF teams deployed in flood-hit N Bihar dists

21 NDRF teams deployed in flood-hit N Bihar dists
PATNA: Three additional teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) from Odisha and West Bengal have been deployed in flood-hit areas of the state for carrying out rescue and relief operations along with the 9th battalion teams of the force.
While one team of 2nd battalion of NDRF from Kolkata has been deployed in Supaul district, two teams of the 3rd battalion have also reached the state from Cuttack.

Commandant of NDRF’s 9th battalion Vijay Sinha said altogether 21 teams of the force with 35 to 40 personnel each are deployed in Bihar. “Eighteen teams of the 9th battalion are from Bihta in Patna and the rest three teams from two other states,” he said.
Sinha said NDRF personnel who reached the state from Cuttack were sent to Saran and Motihari where an embankment breached.
“Two teams each are in West Champaran, Darbhanga and Supaul and one team each in Patna, Araria, Katihar, Kishanganj, Muzaffarpur and Madhubani,” he said.
Sinha said if required, more teams would be roped in from other states. “All teams of the 9th battalion have been pressed into action. We are covering all districts of north Bihar looking keeping in mind the rise in water levels of major rivers,” he said.
Sinha said NDRF personnel are also at work in Gopalganj where an embankment breached on Thursday night.

“More than 1,200 people have been rescued in Gopalganj and Motihari by the NDRF personnel,” he said.
Sinha added an NDRF team saved a boat ferrying people from capsizing in the swollen Gandak in East Champaran district after its engine failed on Friday. “Villagers brought the matter to the notice of NDRF personnel after hearing screams of people. The NDRF men held one end of a bamboo while its other end was held by people on boat. The boat was finally pulled to safety,” he added.
Sinha said at least 3,200 flood-hit people and 126 livestock have so far been rescued by NDRF personnel in Gopalganj, East Champaran, West Champaran, Saran and Supual districts.
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