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.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Upendra Yadav Friday said that India should take the whole responsibility of devastation caused by the Koshi River inundation and its aftermath.
Talking to journalists at Biratnagar airport today, Minister Yadav, who went to Sunsari district to observe the flood-hit areas, said that disaster occurred due India

Minister for Physical Planning & Works Bijay Kumar Gachhadar said Friday that the spurs damaged by Saptakoshi floods will be restored before the end of the Nepali Calendar - meaning another 7 months - and that repair works are a top priority.
"The repair work on the Koshi embankment has already started," he said speaking at the Reporters Club.

Sadanand Menon / New Delhi September 05, 2008, 0:14 IST

The jacketing or embanking of the river systems in north Bihar must go down as among the most ill-thought out schemes in Independent India.

M.S. Swaminathan

Action to revive livelihoods when thefloods recede is as important as savinglives. This will call for a proactive,

BJP appeals to people to donate generously for the victims, constitutes disaster fund

AWAY FROM DELUGE: A family from flood-hit Madhepura district of Bihar arrives at New Delhi railway station on Tuesday to begin a new life in the Capital.

NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to donate Rs.10 crore for relief works being carried out for flood victims in Bihar. The announcement was made by Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra here on Tuesday.

It was also decided that one lakh packets of gram and kheel each weighing one kg would be prepared and despatched to Bihar.

BY RASHME SEHGAL
NEW DELHI

Water expert D.K. Mishra, who has been studying the Kosi river from 1984, blames the Department of Water Resources (DWR) of the Bihar government for the devastating floods which have displaced more than two million people.

Mr Mishra, who has written eight books on Bihar

By B G Verghese

The Kosi crisis should bond India and Nepal as it underlines a deeper truth, namely, a geo-physical relationship.