41 DEAD IN BIHAR FLASH FLOODS

PATNA:At least 41 people are reported to have died in the flash floods, which have affected 12 north Bihar districts, following heavy rains caused in Nepal and different parts of the state affecting over 65 lakh people. The state government on Monday pressed 44 rescue teams to carry out evacuation on a war footing and set up relief camps even as CM Nitish Kumar made an aerial survey before sitting down with his advisors to devise measures to control the situation.

PTI A man carries foodgrains on a banana raft as he shifts from a flooded village in Araria district of Bihar on Monday.