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Work to fill Kosi breach in Nepal begins [1]

Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi August 28, 2008, 0:18 IST

Bihar seeks Rs 1,000 crore and 100,000 tonnes of foodgrain immediately.

Work to fill the nearly two-and-a-half kilometre breach in the Kosi barrage embankment has begun with the help of initial supplies from the Farrakka barrage. The breach has caused the worst flood in Bihar in recent history.

Publication Date: 
28/08/2008
Business Standard (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Kosi [3], Floods [4], Flood Control [5], Nepal [6], Bihar [7]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kosi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/flood-control
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nepal
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar