Lucknow: Immoderate rains continued lashing Uttar Pradesh causing the death toll due to floods climb to 152 on Monday, with delta regions of central and eastern Uttar Pradesh bearing the brunt of casualties suffered…
 
More than five lakh people are said to have been displaced as water levels in major rivers of state continued to rise.
 
“Ten rivers in the state — Sharda, Ghaghra, Ramganga, Ganga, Yamuna, Betwa, Kain, Gomti, Sai and Saryu — are in spate and have devastated large areas. The Gomti river has flooded many villages in Sitapur, Lucknow and Sultanpur, while the Sai river has wreaked havoc in parts of Lucknow and Rae Bareilly.”

“Ghaghra and Saryu waters have gushed into villages in Barabanki, Faizabad, Gorakhpur, Basti, Kushinagar, Bahraich, Gonda and Shravasti,” it added.
 
Government figures estimate death toll of cattle to be 478, also alleging fifteen districts in the state are severely affected.
 
Reports say that government is yet to provide succor to distressed locals.