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 That sinking feeling [1]

A baffled Bihar is struggling to provide food and shelter to three million people rendered homeless by a flood that swept through five districts. The Down To Earth team travels across the areas inundated by the Kosi in Bihar and Nepal to grasp the impact and concludes that the flood is a human failure, not natural disasterRaging Kosi waters surrounded Ramnarayan Rai for 12 days in Madhepura

Publication Date: 
29/09/2008
Down to Earth [2]
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20080930
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Tags:
Kosi [3], Sediment Transport [4], Natural Disasters [5], Floods [6], Disaster Management [7], Hydrology [8], Nepal [9], India [10], Bihar [11], Araria (D) [12], Katihar (D) [13], Madhepura (D) [14], Purnia (D) [15], Saharsa (D) [16], Supaul (D) [17]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kosi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sediment-transport
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/disaster-management
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydrology
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nepal
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bihar
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/araria-d
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/katihar-d
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/madhepura-d
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/purnia-d
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/saharsa-d
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supaul-d