Bihar Flood Victims Struggle to Survive

Added: September 13th, 2008

People who survived devastating floods in eastern India continue to live in makeshift tent camps in India's eastern Bihar state. They are struggling to get food and meet other bare necessities. Authorities promise to undertake relief efforts to better the welfare of three million displaced flood victims.

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Authorities battling the floods in eastern India ordered a probe today to determine whether negligence contributed to the disaster.

More than 100 people died of drowning and disease in the state of Bihar, and anger is mounting amongst flood victims who set up makeshift tent camps along road sides.

Today some of the displaced people complain of hunger stemming from meager food supplies and lack of safe drinking water.

Flood victim Pavo Devi says she wasn't aware of any relief camps run by the provincial government.

[Pavo Devi, Flood Victim]:
"We don't know about the relief camps. Nobody has told us anything about them. We are languishing here under the sun, with nothing to eat. People visit us but do little to help us. Our children are dying of hunger. We are on roadside where vehicles come and go, what if the children get crushed under them? We have lost everything in the floods. All our clothes, belongings were washed away in the floods. There is nobody to help us."

On Thursday the chief of Bihar state conducted an aerial survey of the flood affected areas in the state.

[Nitish Kumar, Bihar State Chief]:
"I want to assure everyone that rehabilitation and reconstruction work will be undertaken and the new construction would be better than before. Assistance will be provided for resuming agriculture, new houses will be constructed, and roads, agricultural land, and schools everything will be taken care of. Everything will be better than before, it is for sure."

The floods in Bihar erupted after the Kosi river burst a dam in Nepal, swamping hundreds of villages and destroying 250,000 acres of farmlands downstream.

BIHAR FLOOD Relief: Victims served with food at Saharsa

Peoples are given food at Saharsa Railway station. These arrangements are been made by Indian Railways.
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Northern India Floods Force Millions From Their Homes

The worst flooding to hit Northern India in 50 years has now forced more than 3 million people from their homes. Sky's Neville Lazarus reports from Purnea, one of the worst hit regions

Flood Fair In Madhepura

Added: September 7th

Whereas some people are struggling for their lives amidst the danger of flood,it has become an entertainment for some people of particularly upper middle class,who managed already all things for incoming danger.

Video by: R.K.Singh

Saharsa flood - in pattarghat block

Added: August 31st

Here the road is about to get vanished in the fast flowing furious flood.

Flood in Madhepura

For the first time the people of Madhepura have seen the havoc of flood.They are hopeless & helpless.View a most common scene of flood.
Video by: R.K.Singh

Raw footage of flood in Madhepura.

The village is immersed in water.

Army Rescue Efforts in Bihar

Added: September 3rd
Around 300,000 people are still stranded as the Indian Army and Navy has been deployed on combat style mission - after special approval from commanders and home ministry - to begin massive rescue efforts in the Indian state of Bihar.

Bihar experienced dramatic flash flooding as a hydroelectric dam broke in Nepal - flooding the valleys and making rivers change course and flood the state.

Koshi Medical Camp (Koshi flood)

Video summary of Koshi Medical Camp, August 31, 2008. Bhardah, Saptari.

Koshi flood has already displaced 107,000 peoples in Nepal and millions in India - really massive natural disaster.

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India Scrambles to Provide Flood Relief

Hundreds of thousands have been left stranded by massive flooding that has inundated a large swath of the country. (Sept. 2)

700,000 Stranded by India Flooding; 500,000 Evacuated

The government commandeered private boats on Sunday in a desperate effort to reach hundreds of thousands of people trapped after a monsoon-swollen river Kosi burst its banks and spilled over the vast plains of northern India. (Aug. 31)

Army rescues flood victims - India

A news clip by CNN News about the rescue operations by Army.

Indian Flood Refugees Settle at Camps

The Kosi River in India has spilled its banks, stranding more than one million people. Soldiers and air force helicopters are providing relief to those who are trapped. So far, more than 800 people have died during India's monsoon season. (August 28)

Bihar flood - Appeal for help

News coverage by Sahara Samay Channel (Bihar/Jharkhand) along with an appeal to help the victims.

Madhepura floods

District of Madhepura is badly affected by floods along with other districts like Supaul,Araria and Purnia. This part of Saharsa division is affected by flood after 100 years, as the Kosi river which used to flow about 80km west of Madhepura,till last week is now changed her course and turned the eastern parts of Supaul and Madhepura into her new bed.

Saharsa floods

Here is the flood condition along the NH-107 which connects Kosi division with Patna. At present it is getting flooded in parts in sonbarsa and sourbazar block. If the flow of the water continues, it is feared the roadway would get cutoff.

India Bihar Flood 2008

Flooding causes unprecedented devastation in the eastern state of Bihar in India with thousands missing, hundreds of villages destroyed and road and rail routes blocked, says ActionAid. This year the river Koshi, which flows into India from Nepal, broke through an embankment changing its path and flowing on a course that it had 100 years ago. The breach area is now over a thousand meter wide, releasing 0.15 Million cusec of water into the villages every day. This has forced two million people from their homes in six districts, where they were unprepared for such a disaster. Those displaced are not expected to be able to return to their homes for another two or three months when the embankment is repaired and the river moves back to its normal course. People have incurred crop losses worth millions. Hunger is one of the key challenges for those affected by the floods. The daily struggle for food will remain even after flood waters recede. ActionAid needs your support to help the flood affected people of Bihar. Please respond NOW! Please get in touch with Supporter Services, ActionAid Association, No.139 Richmond Road, P.B No. 5406, Bangalore – 560 025, 080-25586682. Or write to fundindia@actionaid.org. Visit: http://www.actionaid.org/india/index.aspx?PageID=3710 Your donation will help us: • Rescue the victims who are still in the villages surrounded with water. • Provide Food support for 15 days. • Provide nutritional support for the infants, pregnant and lactating mothers and sanitary support for women. • Provide temporary shelter in raised areas. • Ensure Health care treatment for water borne diseases.Clean up the surroundings and remove carcasses

Official's negligence caused Bihar floods

Amidst Bihar's flood tragedy that occurred due to the falling down of the Kosi barrage, an employee at the barrage has claimed that no high level official came to the site. "The officals came here in February like every year. We told them things are bad. They didn't do anything about it," said Ganga Prasad Yadav.

Bihar flood victims loot relief depot

The desperation of the flood victims is getting from the bad to worse as Madhepura people waiting for food packets looted a storage depot after the officer guarding depot tried to impose some restriction in food distribution. With flood-hit areas facing shortage of supplies, their patience is fast running out.

Millions Displaced By Floods in Bihar

Three million people have been displaced and at least 90 killed by the
flooding, which occurred after the Kosi river burst a dam in neighbouring
Nepal and changed its course, swamping hundreds...

Bihar flood victims fight for survival

The people who are rendered homeless in Bihar flood, are now facing a bigger challenge-that of survival. The state government has set up many refugee camps but given the scale of this disaster, that is not enough. A makeshift relief camp at Sursar in Araria is a symbol of hope for families who have lost everything in the flood. They huddle together for some warmth and normalcy.

Bihar flood: Relief work in shambles

India as well as the world has seen many images of Bihar's tragedy. Many of them want to help. But Amitabh Bachchan, blogging from Paris, sums up a major problem. This food riot on Monday was triggered by frustration and anger. There's a lot of confusion on the ground because many like the military, state and Central government officials have overlapping tasks and duties at times.

More help needed in Bihar

The Indian government is under pressure to provide more help for the flood victims in the state of Bihar.

India suffers worst flooding in 50 years

REPORT : The north-east Indian state of Bihar has seen the country's worst floods in 50 years. Over two million people have been displaced and 250 000 homes have been destroyed after the Kosi River burst a dam in neighbouring Nepal in August.