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.

Erosion by the River Jamuna has taken a serious turn at village Zafarganj in Manikganj leaving several hundred people homeless in the last few days.
More than 50 houses in the village under Shibalaya upazila of the district have been devoured by the river during the period.
Besides, a vast track of crop land and many business establishments have gone into the river, local people said.
A major portion of Ghoariea Government Primary School and Zafarganj Bazar has been eroded and the remaining part may go into the river any time, locals said.

The country is bracing for possible major flooding in the next two days with heavy rain forecast for neighbouring India set to swell its rivers to dangerous levels.

Director of Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) Saiful Hossain yesterday said downpours expected in north-eastern India likely to cause problems for parts of Bangladesh.

Floods displaced thousands of families yesterday as rescuers braced for another day of heavy rains, our correspondents and agencies reported.

Retired police inspector Mohanraj plans to collect sand from the rivers in the southern districts and give them to the govt museum in Chennai
Tirunelveli

FIGHTING against sand smuggling in the State, a 56-year-old retired Inspector of Police, J Mohanraj, from Thoothukudi is on a mission to save the River Tamirabarani and other rivers in the State.
Mohanraj, who is on a padayatra from Thoothukudi to Chennai, will collect sand from all the rivers and hand it over to the officials at Government Museum in Chennai.

Dipak Gyawali, former Minister for Water Resources, heads Nepal Water Conservation Foundation and is hydropower expert.

Q: Why did the Koshi breach its embankment? Who was responsible for the repair work-- India or Nepal?