The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday said 331 villages in 12 districts have been affected by floods. The 12 districts are Barabanki, Ayodhya, Kushinagar, Gorakhpur, Bahraich, Lakhimpur Kheri, Azamgarh, Gonda, Sant Kabir Nagar, Sitapur, Siddharthnagar and Balrampur, it said. A statement issued by the Relief Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh, said that according to information from the irrigation department, the following rivers are flowing above the danger level – Sharda river (Lakhimpur Kheri), Rapti river (Gorakhpur and Shravasti), Saryu/Ghagra river (Barabanki and Ayodhya and Ballia). The statement said that at present, all embankments in the state are safe. It said 95 camps have been set up...
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