Patna: Accumulated rainwater was pumped out from the Nalanda Medical College and Hospital campus on Monday but unhygienic conditions continued to prevail at the state-run health-care hub.

Dead fish bodies were seen floating on the surface of some wards while snakes were seen floating in water in a few wards. Sanitation workers were on their toes cleaning the wards and the ICU.

NMCH superintendent Dr Gopal Krishna, however, claimed that the situation was much better on Monday and that accumulated rainwater was pumped out from the hospital.

"Rainwater was pumped out from the campus around 10pm on Sunday. Yesterday, our hospital staff had cleaned the hospital but today (Monday), cleaning was taken up twice or thrice, as the drain water-mixed-rainwater had drowned the campus, increasing chances of infection. We will shift ICU patients only after two to three days after completely disinfecting the ICU and only if it doesn't rain again," said NMCH superintendent Dr Gopal Krishna.

Urban development and housing minister Suresh Kumar Sharma, on the other hand, inspected the waterlogged areas in Rajendra Nagar and also visited the Saidpur sump house to check its functioning on Monday. Sharma was accompanied by mayor Sita Sahu, municipal commissioner Anupam Kumar Suman and other officials. While road number 2 in Rajendra Nagar was still found under 2.5ft water, around 1.5ft water was found on road number 6, where deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi's residence is situated.

Minister Sharma also went to check condition of Modi's residence and whether the accumulated rainwater had been pumped out or not. On Sunday, Modi was seen rolling up his pyjamas while entering the house.

"Waterlogging plagued the area around Moin-ul-Haque Stadium, Congress Maidan and adjacent places. PMC engineers have been asked to engage pumps wherever there's waterlogging. We have ordered sump houses to function properly," said mayor Sita Sahu.

Asked about whether any action had been taken against any official in the case of the five-year old girl's death after falling into an open manhole on the waterlogged Kanti Factory Road, Sahu said: "Tomorrow (Tuesday), we will assess who were at fault in yesterday's episode. We have ordered all officials concerned to ensure that a warning symbol be put in all open manholes to alert passers-by."

The mayor also said PMC had spent Rs 15 lakh to buy covers of manholes, whose lids had been damaged.

PMC sources said usually a wooden log is tied with a piece of cloth and put into the open manhole to alert commuters. Sources said that the PMC workers had opened manholes after waterlogging in many areas to drain out the excess water but in many other areas, the workers had failed to put up a warning signal after uncovering manholes.