Bihar floods: Five children die after drowning in pit, flood related death toll in state rises to 92

Trdy continued to take its toll on Bihar amid floods, as five children drowned after y fell into a pit near riverine area in Samastipur district. Floods have dismantled daily living conditions of people in various parts of state.  children fell into pit while y were playing nearby. While  body of three children has been recovered with help of locals,  civic authorities are pursuing furr attempts to retrieve bodies of more children if re any. 

horrific incident unfolded as children were reportedly playing near a chimney near river which h swollen past danger mark as re was an excess discharge of water into body post floods. children, who did t tice pit, fell into it and were drowned. 

"Five children were playing near riverine area where re was a pit. Two children fell into pit after which three ors tried to jump in to save two. However, all five are feared de, with three bodies alrey being fished out by locals. civic authorities are scanning pit to see if re are any more bodies inside", sources said.

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In yet ar tragic incident in Bihar, eight children were killed after lightning caused a tree to collapse. Bihar is alrey reeling under floods and underwent a severe Encephalitis outbreak which killed over a hundred children.

flood situation h been remained grim in parts of rast and Bihar. death toll h mounted to 92 on Friday, with around 67 lakh people were affected in 12 districts of state, officials said. Only two of 12 districts- Muzaffarpur and Katihar have reported deaths so far. A total of 66.76 lakh people in 1,107 panchayats have been hit by flooding.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched a drive under which Rs 181 crore was disbursed among affected people through direct cash transfer and each of flood-hit family got Rs 6,000.

Extreme rainfall in Nepal and massive discharge of water from rivers have led to flood situation in state. An official report by Disaster Manment Department 13 teams of NDRF and SDRF have been deployed to carry out relief and rescue operations in affected districts. authorities have also opened 152 relief camps giving shelter to 45,053 people, while 251 community kitchens have been me functional.

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