PATNA -- With six more deaths, the toll in Bihar floods yesterday went up to 204, even as the water level of the swollen Ganga continued to recede at many places except at Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district where the river is flowing above the danger mark.
The six fresh deaths were reported from two districts of Bhagalpur and Khagaria, which reported three deaths each, a Disaster Management Department statement said.
The flood has affected 40 lakh people at 2,189 villages in 12 districts, it said.
Seven lakh people have been evacuated so far from the 12 flood-affected districts of Buxar, Bhojpur, Patna, Vaishali, Saran, Begusarai, Samastipur, Lakhisarai, Khagaria, Munger, Bhagalpur and Katihar, the statement said.
According to the Water Resources Department, the Ganga is witnessing a receding trend at Digha ghat, Gandhi ghat and Hathidah in Patna while it is receding in the districts of Buxar, Munger and Bhagalpur.
The water level went below the danger level at Gandhi Ghat and Digha Ghat for the fifth consecutive day, it said, adding it was still flowing above the danger mark at Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district, though the water level was receding here.
The government has deployed 2,973 boats for evacuation while national and state disaster response forces have already been deployed in the affected districts.
In all, 652 relief camps are being run in the flood-hit areas in which 1.98 lakh people have taken shelter. They are being provided medical services by 589 teams.
A total of 210 camps are being operated for cattle affected by flooding of households whereas 85 cattle have died so far in the floods.
Floods India 2016
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Open Image ModalIndian villagers wade through water on a submerged road in flood-affected Murkata village in Morigoan district, some 70 km from Guwahati, in Indias northeastern state of Assam on July 27, 2016. Floods in Assam have affected some 1.25 million people as the annual monsoon continues to cross the Indian sub-continent. (credit:BIJU BORO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalIn this handout photo taken for the International Fund for Animal Welfare / Wildlife Trust of India on July 27, 2016, a rescued infant rhino calf is transported to safety after being found by IFAW-WTI wildlife officials and volunteers in flood waters in the Sildubi area of the Bagori forest range of Kaziranga National Park in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. Vast tracts of the park, home to the rare one-horned rhino, have been affected by flooding following heavy monsoon rains. (credit:AFP via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalIndian villagers travel by boat over floodwaters in Ashigarh village in the Morigoan district of Assam on July 20, 2016. Floods in the northern Indian state of Assam have affected people living across six districts as the annual monsoon continues to cross the Indian sub-continent. (credit:BIJU BORO via Getty Images)
(04 of07)
Open Image ModalAn Indian forest ranger sits on the front of a vessel as it approaches a ranger's building through floodwaters in The Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Morigoan district, some 70kms from Guwahati, in Indias north-eastern state of Assam on July 27, 2016. Floods in Assam are affecting some 1.25 million people as the annual monsoon continues to cross the Indian sub-continent. (credit:BIJU BORO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalIndian villagers travel on a raft in the flood-affected Sildubi village in Morigoan district, some 70 km from Guwahati, in Indias northeastern state of Assam on July 28, 2016. Floods in Assam have affected some 1.25 million people as the annual monsoon continues to cross the Indian sub-continent. (credit:BIJU BORO via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalAn Indian woman plays with her son in the flood-affected Sildubi village in Morigoan district, some 70 km from Guwahati, in Indias northeastern state of Assam on July 28, 2016. Floods in Assam have affected some 1.25 million people as the annual monsoon continues to cross the Indian sub-continent. (credit:BIJU BORO via Getty Images)
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