Danapur school, police stn submerged
In Danapur, areas such as Bibiganj Road, Gola Par, Sainik Colony, Gola Road, Judges Colony, Sultanpur, Chitrakoot Nagar, Bank Colony, Adarsh Nagar, Ram Jaipal Nagar and Panchsheel Nagar are waterlogged.
The entire campus of Danapur Dhaneshwari Devnandan Girls Higher Secondary School has turned into a lake, disrupting classes as water has entered the classrooms.
Rainwater has also entered the Bibiganj police post, where stationed officers were seen removing the water.
Several areas, including the Bari Machhua Toli and Lalkothi under the Cantonment Board, have been submerged in rain and drain water. The neighbourhoods in all wards are in a miserable state.
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ajesh Sharma, the councillor of Ward-33 in Danapur Nagar Parishad, said several colonies and roads in Ward-33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 are heavily waterlogged. "Only one big motor pumping set has been installed by Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (Buidco) near Gola Road crossing to pump out water from the colonies located on both sides of Nehru Path from Rupaspur Nahar to Saguna Mor," he said.
Sharma added that every year they used to get three to four motor pumps for pumping out water, but this year only one pump has been installed. "The officials have left the Danapur residents to live in a vulnerable condition. Ward councillors are also helpless," he said.
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