Bihar
continued to be in the grip of flood on Sunday with the number of affected
people increasing by about 12500 people in 24 hours taking the total to
81,44,356 in 16 districts though casualties remained static, a bulletin of the
state disaster management department said.

No fresh
district was affected by the flood on Sunday and 33 teams of NDRF and SDRF have
evacuated 5.46 lakh people so far, it said.

A total
1310 panchayats in 130 blocks under 16 districts have been affected by the
deluge, which has so far claimed 25 lives, the bulletin said.

The number
of people affected on Saturday was 8,13,1841 in these districts.

Darbhanga
and Muzaffarpur remained the two most affected districts where 20.61 lakh and
18.98 lakh people respectively have been affected by the floods. They are
followed by East Champaran where 10.19 lakh people have been hit.

The other
affected districts are Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Supaul, Kishanganj, Gopalganj, West
Champaran, Khagaria, Saran, Samastipur, Siwan, Madhubani, Madhepura and
Saharsa.

Darbhanga
reported 11 deaths, Muzaffarpur six, West Champaran four and Saran and Siwan
two each, it said.

Of the
total 10 relief centres, Samastipur alone has nine, while Khagaria has only
one.

A total
12,670 people are staying in 10 relief camps and 5.85 lakh people are being
provided food in 723 community kitchens in the affected districts, the bulletin
said.

A water
resource deaprtment bulletin said Baghmati, Burhi Gandak, Punpun, Khiroi,
Mahananda and Ghaghra are flowing above their danger levels at several places
in the state, while the water level of Ganga is flowing above its danger level
at all places in Bihar including in Buxar, Hathidah, Munger, Bhagalpur,
Kahalgaon, Digha ghat and Gandhi ghat (both in Patna).

All
embankments under the department are safe, it said.