Umesh Kumar Ray
MNREGA helps a village in Bihar become flood proof
Posted on 20 Sep, 2020 07:08 AMHarpur Bochha is a village in Vidyapatinagar block of Samastipur district of Bihar. The village, which has a population of about 11.5 thousand people and 2349 houses, remained inundated with rain and floodwater throughout the year followed by waterlogging.
Satyagrah by the river calls for action against erosion
Posted on 12 Sep, 2020 08:42 AMSince last week, people of Birjain village have been protesting against erosion by the river bank. They are demanding that the government should put in efforts to prevent river erosion and save their houses, otherwise they will continue with their Satyagrah and perform Jal Samadhi (suicide by drowning). Sattore, a flood-prone Panchayat has about 3000 houses.
All hopes lost for the flood-hit in Bihar
Posted on 11 Sep, 2020 08:06 AM“We went through a lot of trouble over the month. By God’s grace, we are still surviving."
Swollen rivers engulf houses and erode banks wreaking havoc in Bihar
Posted on 04 Sep, 2020 08:16 PMFloods coupled with erosion increase the woes of Bihar
With no food on their plate, people seek government help
Posted on 20 Aug, 2020 04:44 PMFor about last three weeks, Dhananjay Kumar along with his wife and children have been living on the embankment under their plastic shed following the late night July floods that submerged their house.
Bihar floods: 'Living on 2.5 Kg flattened rice’
Posted on 10 Aug, 2020 03:55 PMTwo weeks ago, the Kanakai River flowing through Kishanganj rendered dozens of families homeless. While the people in the region are staying under plastic sheds, the government has turned a blind eye to their plight.
Mohammadin is also one of them. He tells the India Water Portal,
"Everything’s devastated, and no one is listening to us!"
Posted on 08 Aug, 2020 06:52 PM"All of a sudden, water entered the house at night. Goods and cattle were submerged. There is no place to eat or drink. We have been in trouble for three days, but no one has come to help us.” The elderly Gauri Singh complains, with mixed feelings of anger, pain and helplessness.
Floods in Bihar: Pregnant woman reaches hospital in a tube boat
Posted on 03 Aug, 2020 01:23 PMFlood havoc continues to increase in Bihar. Until recently, the effect of flood was only in eight districts across the state but now it has spread to ten districts.
Affected by floods, locals resort to chowkis for safety
Posted on 29 Jul, 2020 05:35 PMFlood waters inundated the house of Ramchandra Yadav, a resident of Khoknaha village of Supaul, for three days. During these days he cooked food by setting up a brigade on the outpost and spent nights at the same post.
Nearly three lakh people across eight districts affected by floods in Bihar
Posted on 22 Jul, 2020 03:48 PMThe annual floods that wreak havoc in Bihar have knocked the state this year as well. So far, the flood waters have entered 150 panchayats of 30 blocks across eight districts, namely Sitamarhi, Shivhar, Supaul, Kishanganj, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj and East Champaran .
An official of Bihar's Disaster Management Department said,