The flood situation in Uttar Pradesh has worsened, particularly in the western parts of the state where the swollen river Ramganga has submerged more than 2,000 villages in Moradabad, Rampur and Bijnore districts, an official spokesman said here on Sunday. Due to the floods, vehicular traffic on National Highway-24 connecting New Delhi and Lucknow via Bareilly has been disrupted at Moradabad. Traffic on the NH-74 passing through Bijnore has also been affected by flood. "The government has already sounded a high alert in seven districts of the state after the Ramganga crossed the danger mark at Kalagarh dam in Bijnore district," the spokesman said. The Ramganga has inundated several villages in Bijnore, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Moradabad, Rampur, Bareilly, Farrukhabad and Shahjahanpur districts. According to a report, 20 villages have been submerged in Rampur while over 1000 villages have been affected by the surging waters of Ramganga and Kosi rivers in Moradabad. In Bijnore, a breach in the Harvel embankment of the Ramganga has flooded NH-74. More than 1,000 villages have also been affected. Incessant rain and discharge of 35,000 cusec water in the river Ramganga from Kalagarh dam has worsened the situation with the flood water entering several houses. A report from Farrukhabad said that the rising water of the rivers Ganga and Ramganga threatened to flood over 1,000 villages in the district. Irrigation department's Executive Engineer Chandrashekhar Goswami said following release of over four lakh cusec water from Narora dam on Saturday, the threat of flood loomed large in the district. He said the Ganga and Ramganga was expected to cross the danger marks, inundating several villages. Movement of vehicular traffic on Badapur-Nagina road has been completely disrupted as flood waters have entered over 100 villages of Saharanpur, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Aligarh, Mathura and other districts. The Disaster Management department said a total of 34 districts, namely Bahraich, Rampur, Pilibhit, Kanshiram Nagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, Gonda, Deoria, Shrawasti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Barabanki, Balrampur, Sitapur, Mathura, Agra, Aligarh, Gautambudh Nagar, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Basti, Unnao, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Badaun, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Azamgarh, Shahjahanpur, Farrukhabad, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Hardoi, Bijnore, Moradabad and Bareilly were affected by flood. Email | Print | Rate: 12345