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Gandak's Fury Subsides, Rewaghat Water Level Below Danger Mark; 8 Engineers Face Action.
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News18•05-10-2026, 09:48
Gandak's Fury Subsides, Rewaghat Water Level Below Danger Mark; 8 Engineers Face Action.
- •Gandak river water level rapidly decreasing; Rewaghat 50 cm below danger mark, Lalganj still 52 cm above.
- •Water Resources Department initiated disciplinary action against 8 engineers, suspending 7 immediately.
- •Suspended engineers include Santosh Kumar Prabhakar, Mohd. Sajid Iqbal, Sunil Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Mohd. Javed Ansari, Chandrashekhar Kumar, and Vikas Kumar.
- •Instructions issued to initiate departmental proceedings against Chief Engineer Kumar Manoj Gupta.
- •Heavy rainfall in Nepal and Uttar Pradesh led to unprecedented discharge in Gandak, causing embankment damage.
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At Rewaghat in Saran district, the water level has dropped to 50 cm below the danger mark and become normal. Meanwhile, at Lalganj in Vaishali, it remains 52 cm above the danger mark, though it is expected to drop below it within 24 hours.
Disciplinary action was initiated against eight engineers due to damage caused to embankments during unprecedented floods and alleged negligence in relief and rescue operations, including failing to take immediate action at breach sites.
The situation arose due to heavy rainfall in Nepal and Uttar Pradesh, which caused unprecedented water discharge that surpassed historical highest levels at Devghat in Nepal and broke previous records in Bihar.
