Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for Bihar, he will be conducting aerial survey of flood-hit areas on Saturday. This will be PM Modi’s first visit to the State after Nitish Kumar formed his Government with the help of BJP-led NDA

Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi took to twitter to inform about Prime Minister’s Bihar visit. PM coming on 26th Aug for an aerial survey of flood affected districts of Bihar,” tweeted Sushil Modi.

PM will be arriving at Purnea airforce base at 9.50 am for aerial survey of flood affected areas along with Bihar Chief Minister Nitesh Kumar and Deputy CM Sushil kumar Modi. After survey and meeting with officials PM will leave for Delhi around 12pm.

The flood situation in Bihar worsened on Friday with the toll mounting to 418, with 1.67 crore people in 19 districts being affected by the deluge.

The flood waters, however, have receded in some places, prompting many to return to their homes. The number of relief camps also dropped to 368 from 624, in which 1.59 lakh people were staying, a release by disaster management department said.