Enquiries into reasons for Bihar floods shadowed by Centre-state bickering OFFICERS and ministers who failed to maintain the Kosi embankment, leading to floods displacing about three million people, may go scot-free because of the tussle between the Bihar and Union governments. Union Minister of State for Water Resources Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav is bent upon dissolving the judicial

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A special Indian Government delegation will arrive here within the next fortnight to start work on the proposed Indo-Lanka underwater electricity transmission cable project.

Victims of the Koshi floods on Tuesday announced to launch protests from next week stating the government was not concerned towards addressing their problems.
The flood victims announced to carry out phase-wise protests amidst a press conference in the capital today.

The South Korean government Thursday pledged a loan of Rs 3.54 billion to Nepal for the construction of the Chameliya hydro project.
The agreement regarding the hydropower project was made at the Ministry of Finance today.

World Food Program (WFP) began food distribution to the flood-hit people of Far West districts of Kanchanpur and Kailali on Thursday.
Flood victims of Dodhara VDC of Kanchanpur district were the first ones to receive food materials from WFP.

Can Bihar avert another Kosi disaster? On September 16, the Special Task Force constituted by the prime minister put a figure on the destruction caused by floods in Bihar