THE Kosi is often called Bihar's "river of sorrow" as it has a* I propensity to create displacement and despair for millions I regularly. But what if the misery and devastation was more a result of human folly rather than the river's fury?

- How to turn the river of sorrow into a river of hope

N.K. Singh

The author is a Rajya Sabha member of Parliament

SANTOSH SINGH

PATNA, SEPTEMBER 14 With the Kosi accumulating over 1 lakh cubic metres of silt in its river basin

the Saptakosi river, that flows from Nepal into India, shifted its course for the first time since 1954 and caused the worst floods in Bihar

Centre and state trade blame over floods

Did the Kosi really change its course this time?

The fishes are gasping, not out of the water this time. Rather in the water itself!

Gargi Parsai

Saptakosi, Sunkosi will help to tame Kosi
Prachanda will arrive in India
on Sunday

India will request Nepal for logistics and security

NEW DELHI: With a sense of urgency, India will take up with Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) the issue of construction of the Saptakosi and Sunkosi dam projects in upstream Nepal to tame the Kosi in Bihar. He is arriving here on Sunday.

The multipurpose Saptakosi dam will substantially reduce the flooding in Kosi, which caused unprecedented havoc in Bihar this year.

Prerana Marasini

KATHMANDU: At a time when Kathmandu and New Delhi are blaming each other for the devastating Kosi floods, Nepal

Dipak Gyawali, Nepal