Heavy rain and acute waterlogging for the last 36 hours in Patna and certain parts of Bihar have thrown life out of gear, with the district administration pressing the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) to shift marooned people to safer places.
Electricity, phone connection, internet have gone kaput in these areas and people are considering vacating their homes for safer places.
People wade through a waterlogged road after heavy rain at Rajendra Nagar in Patna.
Children wade through a waterlogged road after heavy rain at Rajendra Nagar.
Security personnel rescue NCC cadets stuck in a waterlogged camp after heavy rain at Rajendra Nagar.
Patients leave NMCH in Patna after waterlogging in the hospital.
A view of submerged tracks at Patna Junction.
A rickshaw passes through a flooded road in Patna.
Fishermen catch fish in the flooded river Ganga in Patna.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inspects the rise in water level of the Ganga river,in Patna on Thursday, (This photo has been released by I & PRD,Bihar Govt).
An overcrowded boat ferries people in high current on the flooded Ganga at Digha Ghat in Patna.