Floods Hit Bihar

Bihar under Water….

Kosi has drowned the whole area around Saharsa, between Madhepura and Supaul in Bihar one big saga of pain, anguish, grief and sorrow. Thousands remain trapped in outlying villages this is the worst ever disaster the state is facing and government is doing nothing serious but to simply distributing the food packets. Over 30 lakh people in 16 districts are in the grip of floods, with 23 lakh in worst-hit Supaul, Saharsa, Madhepura and Araria districts alone. The flood caused by the breach in the eastern afflux embankment at upstream Kuaha village in Nepal on August 18 is the worst in the region. The area was considered secure against the possibilities of floods after construction of hundreds of miles of embankments and Bheemnagar barrage more than four decades ago. Time and again it's proved now that root cause of this kind of disaster lies in rivers which originates from Nepal and sweep the plain of Bihar every year which results in loss of crops and human lives and the government is painfully slow in getting its act together. RANCHI- Steel giant Arcelor Mittal has offered help to the Nitish Kumar government to tackle the devastation caused by the Kosi. Officials of the company have decided to supply relief materials for flood victims through the department of disaster management in Bihar. Several media persons are even getting calls from friends across the country with requests to use their whack and rescue the kith and kin of acquaintances. But can the besieged officialdom listen to individual appeals? The scale of the cataclysm has also drowned away the difference between the "haves" and the "have-nots".