Gandak

Begusarai Bridge Collapse:A five-year-old bridge in Bihar snapped into two and fell into a river on Sunday. No one was injured as the bridge had yet to be formally opened to the public due to the lack of an access road.

A 25-year-old woman gave birth to a baby girl on board an NDRF rescue boat running on the swollen Burhi Gandak river in flood-affected Bihar on Sunday, officials said.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday asked the disaster management department officials and district magistrates to remain alert for a possible flood situation in view of heavy rainfall in catchment areas of Nepal and Gandak river.

A link road to a new bridge in Bihar opened to the public a month ago by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was washed away due to heavy rain on Wednesday. As the opposition attacked Nitish Kumar saying the bridge had collapsed, his government and party put out strong denials.

Six people went missing and six others swam to safety when a boat capsized in Gandak River today near Saroja Bhagwanpur village in Panapur police station area of Saran district.

Major rivers in Bihar, especially the Kosi, Gandak, Bagmati and the Ganga, are in spate following heavy rains in their upstream areas, posing a threat of floods, officials said on Monday.

As the water level of the Ganga and many other rivers reached the danger level mark at many places in Bihar, the Water Resources Department (WRD) today cautioned about floods in the state.

Millions of devotees, particularly women, took a holy dip in rivers, ponds and other water bodies in Bihar today as the four-day Chhath festival began.

As cyclonic storm Phailin moves to sub-Himalayan region in the next 48 hours, the MeT department today issued warning of "very heavy rainfall" in Sikkim.

Flood waters entered over 100 villages in Bihar in the past 24 hours, forcing people to abandon their homes, as many rivers in the state rose and posed a threat to other villages too, officials said today.

Two teenagers drowned while taking a bath in Chotti Gandak river in Rampur Karkhana area, police said on Monday.

The turbulent Gandak has breached a new bund erected near Simaria village in Barauli block of Bihar's Gopalganj district, leaving several villages inundated.Following a change of course in the river, a 10-metre stretch of the main embankment had breached at Simaria village on the night of September 15 following which a new ring bund was erected.The...

Ten people are missing and three are confirmed dead in a boat accident near Bihar's Bettiah town. The boat, carrying 40 people, was overloaded and capsized in the Gandak river in the West Champaran district.

Begusarai Bridge Collapse:A five-year-old bridge in Bihar snapped into two and fell into a river on Sunday. No one was injured as the bridge had yet to be formally opened to the public due to the lack of an access road.

A 25-year-old woman gave birth to a baby girl on board an NDRF rescue boat running on the swollen Burhi Gandak river in flood-affected Bihar on Sunday, officials said.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday asked the disaster management department officials and district magistrates to remain alert for a possible flood situation in view of heavy rainfall in catchment areas of Nepal and Gandak river.

A link road to a new bridge in Bihar opened to the public a month ago by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was washed away due to heavy rain on Wednesday. As the opposition attacked Nitish Kumar saying the bridge had collapsed, his government and party put out strong denials.

Six people went missing and six others swam to safety when a boat capsized in Gandak River today near Saroja Bhagwanpur village in Panapur police station area of Saran district.

Major rivers in Bihar, especially the Kosi, Gandak, Bagmati and the Ganga, are in spate following heavy rains in their upstream areas, posing a threat of floods, officials said on Monday.

As the water level of the Ganga and many other rivers reached the danger level mark at many places in Bihar, the Water Resources Department (WRD) today cautioned about floods in the state.

Millions of devotees, particularly women, took a holy dip in rivers, ponds and other water bodies in Bihar today as the four-day Chhath festival began.

As cyclonic storm Phailin moves to sub-Himalayan region in the next 48 hours, the MeT department today issued warning of "very heavy rainfall" in Sikkim.

Flood waters entered over 100 villages in Bihar in the past 24 hours, forcing people to abandon their homes, as many rivers in the state rose and posed a threat to other villages too, officials said today.

Two teenagers drowned while taking a bath in Chotti Gandak river in Rampur Karkhana area, police said on Monday.

The turbulent Gandak has breached a new bund erected near Simaria village in Barauli block of Bihar's Gopalganj district, leaving several villages inundated.Following a change of course in the river, a 10-metre stretch of the main embankment had breached at Simaria village on the night of September 15 following which a new ring bund was erected.The...

Ten people are missing and three are confirmed dead in a boat accident near Bihar's Bettiah town. The boat, carrying 40 people, was overloaded and capsized in the Gandak river in the West Champaran district.