This story is from July 15, 2021

Kosi and Gandak keep rising, Kamla flows above red mark

Kosi and Gandak keep rising, Kamla flows above red mark
PATNA: The water levels of the Kosi and Gandak kept on increasing steadily all through the day on Wednesday, while the Burhi Gandak and Kamla continued to flow above the danger level along their downstream.
As to river Kosi, the water discharge through its Birpur barrage in Supaul district was 1.65 lakh cusecs in the morning, but it increased to 1.77 lakh cusecs in the afternoon.

Similarly, the water discharge through Valmiki Nagar barrage across the Gandak was 1.47 lakh cusecs at 6am and 1.69 lakh cusecs in the afternoon.
The Burhi Gandak was flowing above the danger level at Sikandarpur in Muzaffarpur district, as well as near Samastipur and Rosera railway bridges, and also at Khagaria. However, the water level had become stationary and did not show any further rising trend.
The Kamla was also flowing above the danger level at Jainagar and Jhanjharpur in Madhubani district. However, the Adhwara group of rivers had been flowing below the danger mark.
That apart, the Ganga was flowing below the danger level all along at Buxar, Digha, Gandhi Ghat, Hathidah, Munger, Bhagalpur and Kahalgaon. Similarly, the Mahananda was also flowing below the danger level.
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