UP flood toll reaches 36; 1.5 mn people affected

Standing crops worth over Rs 9 crore on an area of over 130,000 hectares has been damaged

The flood situation in Uttar Pradesh has worsened, with 36 people being killed so far and almost 1.5 million getting affected.

An area of almost 225,000 hectares, including 150,000 hectares of agricultural parcels, is submerged.

Standing crops worth over Rs 9 crore over an area of 130,000 hectares has been damaged, according to official estimates.

Over 2,000 villages across 22 districts in eastern UP and the terai region (Himalaya foothills) have been affected, of which over 1,200 villages are totally cut off from the rest of the hinterland due to heavy flooding caused by heavy rains and a continuous inflow