Patna: Bihar is in a state of dismay these days due to heavy rains. So far 42 people have lost their lives due to floods. The river Ganga in Bhagalpur is in spate, says Pratyay Amit, Principal Secretary, Disaster Management Department of Bihar. The area of Kahalgaon has been badly affected. The NDRF team has been deployed there. Relief camps and community kitchens have also been set up. So far, 42 deaths have taken place. Meanwhile, Bihar BJP President Sanjay Jaiswal has targeted the Nitish Kumar-led government.

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He has accused the administration of negligence for failing to deal with the flood situation in Patna. "I have been worried about the situation in Patna for the past three days. The rain has stopped 24 hours ago. But people are suffering from waterlogging. It shows administrative negligence. BJP President and MP Sanjay Jaiswal wrote this on his Facebook post on Tuesday". He said, "the Bihar government should analyse the entire situation and take action against the authorities in the next 10 days".

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State Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visited a relief camp at Krishna Memorial Hall in Patna on Tuesday and said all relief efforts are being made for the affected people of the city. Hitting out at the media, CM Nitish said, "We want to ask the questioners, what about the idea of water coming to Mumbai? We are asking how many parts of the country have water? And how many parts of the world did water come in? Only a few areas of Patna were flooded, is there the problem? What happened in the US? What do all these mean? He accused the media of defaming him.

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