With the river Ganga crossing the danger level mark, water entered residential areas in Allahabad on Saturday, ANI reported.
Heavy rainfall claimed two lives in the district where more than 100 villages in trans-Ganga and trans-Yamuna regions as well as low-lying localities of Allahabad city have been inundated with rivers hovering around the danger mark, a senior official said on Friday.
The district has been witnessing heavy rainfall since August 15 and so far one death each has been reported from Meja and Bara tehsils of trans-Yamuna region. More than 100 cattle have also perished in the two tehsils," Additional District Magistrate (Revenue and Finance) Ram Sahayak Yadav said.
"The situation is particularly grim in Bara where two villages are marooned due to sudden rise in the water levels of Satpura Lapri and Tons, both tributaries of the Yamuna. Eight boats and one company of Provincial Armed Constabulary has been deployed at these two villages for rescue work. Water level of the Ganges crossed the danger mark of 84.73 meters at Phaphamau while at Chhatnag it was at 84.07 metres but rising at a rapid rate of nearly one centimetre per hour. Similar was the situation of Yamuna at Naini. The district administration has set up a total of 28 relief camps - five of these in the city and the remaining in the rural areas. Nearly 5,000 people are staying at these camps where they are being provided with food and medicines," Yadav said.
"A total of 41 boats have been pressed into service across the district for flood relief. A 35-member-strong team of NDRF is also camping here while another team is likely to reach early tomorrow. In addition, the district administration is also in touch with the army," he added.
Meanwhile, the University of Allahabad has deferred the examinations for BA, BSc and BCom, which were to commence on Saturday, "until further orders". University authorities said the decision has been taken in view of the fact that "a large number of students live in the low-lying localities situated alongside the Ganges which have been adversely affected by the floods".
With ANI inputs.
