Ganga floods: 15 villages submerged, 10,000 affected in WB's Malda district

MALDA (WEST BENGAL): Over 15 villages were submerged in the flood waters on Friday affecting a population of ten thousand in Malda district of West Bengal, official sources said.


The swollen Ganga on Friday breached an embankment at Gopalpur area in Manikchak block submerging several villages, the sources said. Rescue teams rushed to the area and moved the people to safer places.

The river was flowing 25 cm above the danger level.

District Magistrate G Kirankumar was supervising relief operations. Leaves of the block level employees were cancelled in view of the situation, the sources said.