ETV Bharat reporter carries child to safety through floodwaters in Bihar

In an extremely humane gesture, an ETV Bharat reporter carried a child on his back and waded through floodwaters to take him back to his house in Bihar's Gopalganj district. The flood situation is very grave in Vishunpura village, as people have to wade through chest-high water to get in or out of the village.

Gopalganj (Bihar): Amid the extremely severe flood situation in Bihar, an ETV Bharat reporter in Gopalganj district carried a child to safety by wading through chest-high water.

The flood situation is grave in Vishunpura Kothi village in Buchia Panchayat of Sidhwalia block, about 50 km from the district headquarters. The entire village has been inundated, and people have to wade through chest-high water to get in or out of the village.

In order to get the ground situation, ETV Bharat reporter Atal Bihari Pandey crossed the floodwaters to get into the village. One has to cross through flood waters spread across over four kilometres to reach the village.

Meanwhile, the reporter's eyes fell on a villager who was struggling to carry his two children on his back. He then took one of the children and carried him on his back till the family's house.

There are about 100 to 150 houses in Vishunpura village. As they are unable to cross the chest-high water, older people and children are forced to stay in their flooded homes and wait for the waters to subside.

However, the villagers are struggling to get their supplies of ration and medicine. They are finding it extremely tough to even find a place to sleep.

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"No administrative officer has come yet. There has been full waterlogging for many days. Thank you for coming here and talking about our lives," said Geeta Devi, a resident of the village.

The flood situation in Bihar continues to remain grim, with nearly 40 lakh people being affected by the deluge.

The number of people affected by the floods, caused by heavy rainfalls in catchment areas along the Indo-Nepal border, has now reached 38,47,531, a jump of nearly a million since the previous day.Residents of nearly a thousand villages across 12 affected districts have been hit by the deluge.

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