As Bihar, India’s third largest state, reels under the twin misfortunes of post covid-19 instability and the onslaught of floods caused by heavy monsoons, the Christian communities and the laity, religious congregations and social action centres in Patna Archdiocese are on a relentless mission of relief to the affected. According to conservative estimates, 53 persons […]
The photograph of Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi in flood-ravaged Patna went viral a few weeks ago. SuMo, as he is known in BJP circles, stood in shorts on a flyover with crossed arms. Around him stood his family members and a few suitcases. They had been rescued by an NDRF from his […]
Battered by heavy rainfall for the past 48 hours in 3 districts of Bihar, at least 29 people have died in the state due to mishaps caused by the downpour, according to news agency ANI. Parts of the city experienced a break in the rainfall for a few hours,and very low precipitation on Monday. That […]
बिहार के लिए पिछले कुछ सप्ताह काफी मुश्किल भड़े रहे हैं। पहले गर्मी की मार से सैकड़ों लोगों की जान गयी तो वही मुजफ्फरपुर मे चमकी बुखार से 140 से भी अधिक बच्चों को अपनी जान से हाथ धोना पड़ा था, पर बिहार से ये परेशानियाँ गयी ही थी की अब भारी बारिश से बिहार […]
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… […]
