Flooding fatalities rise

NEW DELHI: A massive flooding in India’s eastern state of Bihar has affected over 2.9 million people with water inundating several areas, officials said yesterday.

Seven deaths, five from Samastipur district and one each from Khagaria and Nalanda districts, were reported. The districts are located east of Patna city, the capital of Bihar. The state has been hit by floods since June and during the deluges, officials said 127 deaths had been reported so far.

“In the current round so far 29 people were killed,” a local government official said.

“The first round claimed 98 human lives.”– Xinhua