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

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

Incidence of poverty is not new in human history, but its analysis, discourse or the efforts for reduction are. The emergence of urban poverty in Europe in the eighteenth century in the wake of industrialisation drew initial attention in a formal sense. Even till recently some people used to believe that the affluent West succeeded in striking out this evil even as it came to be revealed that at the fag end of the last century poverty still kept sticking out its ugly head, in no less a highly industrialised country than the United Kingdom.

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.

- The government on Thursday declared seven VDCs of the Sunsari district affected by the Saptakoshi deluge

By B G Verghese

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

Nikhilesh Jha

As Bihar is undone by disaster, it is time to commit to long-delayed water management projects