Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar drove through the flooded streets of the city's worst-affected localities like Rajendra Nagar, issuing instructions to officials, who accompanied him during the round.

The Bihar government has asked the Indian Air Force for two helicopters for lifting and airdropping food packets and medicines in the flood-affected areas of Patna. The state government has also asked the Air Force for de-watering machines.

This morning, there is some relief with no rain in the state capital. On Sunday, apart from rescue boats, municipal cranes normally used for moving earth were also used to rescue people. Many residents were stranded in their homes without electricity and water supply.

19 teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in affected areas of Bihar.

A bird's eye view of Patna made the city appear like a huge lake dotted with concrete structures. Posh low-lying areas like Rajendra Nagar and Pataliputra Colony were flooded. Private hospitals, medical stores and other shops were submerged in waist-deep water. Visuals showed flooding at Nalanda Medical College Hospital, the second largest healthcare facility in the city.

Many trains have in Bihar have been cancelled or diverted due to flooding of railway tracks and, in some places, damage caused to bridges.

In rain-ravaged eastern Uttar Pradesh, 87 people have died since Thursday. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked authorities to not give leaves to government officials.

The worst-affected places in Uttar Pradesh are Ballia , Varanasi , Jaunpur districts. 500 of the 950 prisoners of the district jail in Ballia are being moved out to another jail after rain water entered three barracks.

The Union Home Ministry is closely monitoring the situation in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told news agency ANI.