I request Kamala ji to offer the holy waters of the Sarayu river and Mahakumbh to the Ganga dhara here," he added. Bissessar had earlier visited her ancestral village Bhelupur under Itarhi block ...

Widespread damage unfolded in Bageshwar where the Sarayu river swelled alarmingly, submerging ghats and eroding banks. The collapse of a protective wall forced three families to evacuate.