The death toll from flood-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh has risen to 48 on Tuesday.
Thousands of persons in the area have been affected by the crisis triggered by overflowing rivers, PTI reports.
Floods have hit the districts of Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur, Gonda, Lakhimpur, Barabanki, Sitapur, Faizabad and Azamgarh in the state.
According to the Sharavasti Additional District Magistrate, eight people were killed in separate incidents due to floods in the Bhinga and Ikauna tehsils of the district while four people who were swept away in flood waters are yet to be traced.
In Balrampur and Barabaki, two people each drowned in separate incidents in swollen rivers while, in Lakhimpur, the dead body of a three-year-old girl was recovered from a village.
In Bahraich, officials said that the level of the Saryu River has receded below danger mark although the Ghaghra was still flowing above the red mark.
According to a Central Water Commission report, the Rapti is flowing at the danger mark at Balrampur and above the red mark at Birdghat (Gorakhpur).
