Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan tours flood-hit Bihar to review relief work
- Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan conducted an aerial survey over Dighwara and Maner, then reached Vaishali by boat and tractor
- Bihar's disaster management department now puts the affected at 49.74 lakh people across 15 districts.
- That is up from 19.57 lakh across 11 districts a week ago, as rivers already above danger marks kept rising.
- He said central teams are deployed and promised NDRF support for damage to roads, houses and crops.
Source: theprint.in
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