AT LEAST 300 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL INDIA AND MORE THAN 6 MILLION OTHERS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY FLOODS THT HAVE SUBMERGED VILLAGES , WASHED AWAY CROPS, DESTROYED ROADS AND DISTRIBUTED POWER AND PHONE LINES, OFFICIALS SAY. HEAVY MONSOON RAINS HAVE CAUSED RIVERS, INCLUDING THE MIGHTY GANGES AND IT’S TRIBUTARIES, TO BURST THEIR BANKS FORCING PEOPLE INTO RELIEF CAMPS IN THE STATES OF MADHYA PRADESH, BIHAR, UTTER PRADESH, RAJASTHAN AND UTTARAKHAND.