Preparations for flood protection in the district have been completed and officials of the departments concerned deployed, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said here on Saturday.
Higher educational institutions will remain closed in the districts where the authorities have declared a holiday in view of heavy rains, according to a government official.
One person each died in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi and Pratapgarh when the wall of their thatched houses collapsed following heavy rainfall, which has so far hit life in over a dozen districts of the state.