Anubhuti Vishnoi

New Delhi, September 7: Receding floodwaters have prompted the authorities to assess the extent of damage done by the Kosi and the figures trickling in suggests it would be long before Bihar

This is a region where, if you have survived the night, you are not likely to get your morning cup of tea because all milk-producing livestock is dead

Manisha Jha and Sandeep Dikshit

HANDS THAT SPEAK: Flood-affected people reach out for food packets distributed by a relief agency at Raghunathpur in Bihar's Madhepura district on Friday. Rescue workers have taken over 8 lakh people to safety, but tens of thousands are still believed to be trapped.

NEW DELHI: The Union Rural Development Ministry has announced a Rs. 1,600-crore assistance package for the flood affected people of Bihar. All employees of the Ministry have also decided to contribute a day

The breach in the eastern embankments of the Kosi has completely uprooted one of the largest irrigation systems in Bihar

NEW DELHI

With Bihar still grappling with the ravages of the Kosi floods, the rural development ministry has chipped in with a massive additional allocation of Rs 1,600 crores for the relief and rehabilitation work in the state.

NEW DELHI

The National Crisis Management Committee headed by the Cabinet secretary K.M. Chandrashekhar reviewed the flood situation in Bihar on Thursday even as rescue and relief measures continued.

As many as 37 Army columns, 13 helicopters, 599 boats, 783 NDRF personnel, 7695 tents, 10 satellite phones, 4 lakh drinking water bottles, 510 water purifying plants have been provided by the Centre so far as assistance to the state government in rescue and relief operations.

Noodles Worth Rs 10 Lakh, 10 Water Treatment Plants To Be Distributed In Bihar

Kounteya Sinha | TNN

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