The official death toll of the devastating floods in Bihar stands at around 514 in 19 out of 38 districts. The real figures are far more. Patna Jesuit Social Action initiative is working with some of the most affected areas in North Bihar. An update: West Champaran district bordering Nepal has been hit badly. Continuous torrential […]
It had been two- three days, and still it was raining. I was there when a wall of my house collapsed. Fortunately, four lives were spared. Nobody got hurt. And it happened around midnight, 12:05 am and everyone was stunned. The village is called Kerwartari. It comes under Jamui district which is 83.6 miles away […]
Floods that have hit 20 of Bihar’s 38 districts and killed 253 people so far, are threatening the state capital Patna , as the water in the Ganges is rising steadily. People have become worried, the price of food grains are on the rise. The river was 20 cm below the danger level of 48.6 […]
Bihar has not learnt lessons from previous floods and has once again been caught napping. Officials perhaps prefer to spend more on relief and rehabilitation than prevention and cure. Blaming Nepal for the Bihar floods is another ruse that Bihar politicians keep using, but the truth lies elsewhere. This year, says Dinesh Mishra, the ‘flood […]
Saji Thengumpallil sent out this from Marpa, near Hajipur Marpa flood update as on 18 Aug: Unfortunately the road towards Marpa Tahir is broken under water pressure and an young married boy drowned. The Body is missing, probably inside the Mann Pond. I visited some families around and found they had no dry clothes, except […]
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today held a meeting with officials here (June 30) and told them to be ready with relief and rehabilitation plans. The chief minister held the review meeting on the probability of flood and drought in different parts of the state, interacting with senior officials at division and district level […]
The tension is palpable. Nervous citizens watch anxiously the rising levels of the rivers. They water slowly creeps upwards and enters the low-lying areas of the towns, as it advances foot by foot, the people have to start moving away… leaving their homes…. The Ganga and five other rivers Sone, Punpun, Burhi Gandak, Ghaghra and […]
Holy Smoke! They’re turning rooftops into funeral pyres in the Holy City of Benaras. They’re setting funeral pyres alight in the bye-lanes of Allahabad, while in Bihar they’re crying for dry firewood to cremate their dear departed. The Monsoon floods that are ravaging the cities, have added to the tears of an already dispossessed people… […]
